Mekaleu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mekaleu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Mekaleu (232) may also be a first name.
Mekaleu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekaleu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekaleu occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekaleu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mekaleu live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 588,797th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 232 people.
It is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,307,123. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Montagnes District, where 90 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 10 percent are found. Besides The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and India, where 8 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 Mekaleu
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