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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meekness? popularity and diffusion

The last name Meekness is the 3,730,171st most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Meekness live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Meekness is also the 266,800th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 922 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 86 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists 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
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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 Meekness
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