Meikeng Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Meikeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Meikeng (14) may also be a first name.
Meikeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meikeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meikeng is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meikeng? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,620,164th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Meikeng live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Meikeng is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 170,238. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 47 percent are found, Centre Region, where 26 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Meikeng
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