Mekam Surname
Approximately 2,545 people bear this surname
Mekam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,594 | 1:13,030 | 1,774 |
| India | 481 | 1:1,594,731 | 58,821 |
| Algeria | 305 | 1:126,661 | 17,491 |
| Thailand | 99 | 1:713,519 | 117,929 |
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Mékam (1) are calculated separately.
Mekam (350) may also be a first name.
Mekam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekam (Hindi: मेकम, Marathi: मॅकम) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Mékam. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 169,550th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,863,476 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Mekam live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 465,882nd most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 350 people.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,594 people, or 1 in 13,030. In Cameroon Mekam is most numerous in: West Region, where 37 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 35 percent reside and Centre Region, where 24 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent reside and Algeria, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekam in the Hindi language | ||
| मेकम | mekama | 80 |
| मेकाम | mekama | 20 |
| Mekam in the Marathi language | ||
| मॅकम | mekama | 72.41 |
| मेकाम | mekama | 24.14 |
| मेकम | mekama | 3.45 |
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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 Mekam
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