Meikou Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Meikou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Meikou (228) may also be a first name.
Meikou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meikou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meikou is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Meikou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meikou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Meikou live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 594,918th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 228 people.
This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and Benin, where 2 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 Meikou
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