Mekaba Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Mekaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 132 | 1:401,073 | 28,352 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mekaba (13) may also be a first name.
Mekaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekaba is most common in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mekaba.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekaba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Mekaba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekaba live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mekaba is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used given name on earth, held by 13 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 401,073. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Manyara Region, where 81 percent live, Arusha Region, where 7 percent live and Mara Region, where 7 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mekaba
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