Mekae Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mekae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mekae (91) may also be a first name.
Mekae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekae Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekae is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mekae.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekae? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Mekae are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Mekae is also the 998,282nd most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 91 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Mekae is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 83 percent live and Chimbu, where 17 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 11 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 Mekae
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