Meekness Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Malta

Meekness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meekness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Malta11:430,2723,380
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Meekness (922) may also be a first name.

Meekness Last Name Facts

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

Meekness is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Meekness.

How Common Is The Last Name Meekness? popularity and diffusion

The surname Meekness is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Meekness reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Meekness is also the 266,800th most common given name world-wide, borne by 922 people.

It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 86 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 36 percent reside and Malta, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mekness9310/
Meekenes880/
Meknes861,556/
Mesknes806/
Mekhnes801/
Meknesh801/
Mackness75743/
Mickness752/
Maknes71631/
Meknès7112/
Meknez715/
Moknes712/
Méknes711/
Moiskness711/
Mekinnies711/
Mikneus6714/
Micknes677/
Makhnes675/
Meaknis670/
MacKnes670/

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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 Meekness
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