Mekalo Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Mekalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Mekalo (107) may also be a first name.
Mekalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekalo (Marathi: मेकालो, Russian: Мекало) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekalo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekalo is the 1,765,740th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mekalo reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 107 people.
The surname Mekalo is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 276,921. In Cameroon Mekalo is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 53 percent live, Centre Region, where 21 percent live and South Region, where 20 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekalo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekalo in the Marathi language | ||
| मेकालो | mekalo | - |
| Mekalo in the Russian language | ||
| Мекало | mekalo | - |
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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
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- 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 Mekalo
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