Mughniyah Surname

248,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Mughniyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mughniyah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon1,4881:3,788706
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Jordan151:589,49613,598
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773

Mughniyah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mughniyah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mughniyah (Arabic: مغنيه) is found most in Lebanon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mughniyah? popularity and diffusion

Mughniyah is the 248,111th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,549,030 people. The surname Mughniyah occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mughniyah live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Levant.

This surname is most numerous in Lebanon, where it is borne by 1,488 people, or 1 in 3,788. In Lebanon it is most common in: South Governorate, where 80 percent live, Nabatiye Governorate, where 11 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 6 percent live. Not including Lebanon Mughniyah exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Mughniyah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Shiite (99%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mughniyeh89149/
Moughniya891/
Mugenniyah845/
Moughnieh7899/
Moughnyeh783/
Mugnuia751/
Mughnie751/
Moughnie7112/
Mougniye711/
Mughneid711/
Mugnai674,143/
Mugnoi675/
Mugnay675/
Mugnae674/
Mugney671/

Mughniyah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mughniyah in the Arabic language
مغنيهmghnyh-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mughniyah
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