Meikan Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Meikan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 440 | 1:104,954 | 9,078 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meikan (137) may also be a first name.
Meikan Demographics
Meikan Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Meikan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meikan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meikan (Hindi: मेिकन) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meikan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 669,375th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 16,303,235 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Meikan reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Meikan is also the 790,880th most common first name worldwide, borne by 137 people.
Meikan is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 440 people, or 1 in 104,954. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kajiado County, where 50 percent live, Narok County, where 32 percent live and Nakuru County, where 17 percent live. Apart from Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.
Meikan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meikan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meikan in the Hindi language | ||
| मेिकन | meikana | - |
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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 Meikan
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