Mecheko Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Mecheko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mecheko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecheko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mecheko is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecheko? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mecheko live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Mecheko is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 80 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 10 percent live and Centre Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 8 percent live and Russia, where 8 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mecheko
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