Mejame Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Mejame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 326 | 1:63,709 | 8,104 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mejame (37) may also be a first name.
Mejame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mejame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mejame occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mejame? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 841,044th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mejame live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 37 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 63,709. In Cameroon Mejame is most common in: Southwest Region, where 87 percent are found, Centre Region, where 8 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Mejame
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis