Mekan Surname
Approximately 2,839 people bear this surname
Mekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Pakistan | 295 | 1:605,572 | 9,634 |
| Turkmenistan | 148 | 1:37,089 | 692 |
| Turkey | 143 | 1:544,206 | 30,161 |
| United States | 77 | 1:4,707,259 | 244,676 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Iran | 35 | 1:2,193,786 | 75,524 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 | 1:294,700 | 12,460 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Kosovo | 6 | 1:310,312 | 8,714 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Mekan (98,019) may also be a first name.
Mekan Demographics
Average Mekan Salary in
United States
$49,872 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekan (Georgian: მეკან, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺎﻥ, Hindi: मेकन, Marathi: मेकन, Oriya: େମକନ, Russian: Мекан) is most common in Ethiopia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 154,609th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,566,941 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Mekan are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 10,382nd most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 98,019 people.
The last name is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Beside Ethiopia Mekan exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 10 percent are found and Turkmenistan, where 5 percent are found.
Mekan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mekan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mekan last name expanded 453 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mekan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mekan surname are 34.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.25% being registered to vote for the party.
Mekan earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.58% more than the national average, earning $49,872 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekan in the Georgian language | ||
| მეკან | mekan | - |
| Mekan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﺎﻥ | mkan | - |
| Mekan in the Hindi language | ||
| मेकन | mekana | 94.44 |
| मेकान | mekana | 5.56 |
| Mekan in the Marathi language | ||
| मेकन | mekana | 84 |
| मॅकन | mekana | 8 |
| मेकण | mekana | 4 |
| मेकान | mekana | 4 |
| Mekan in the Oriya language | ||
| େମକନ | emakana | 33.33 |
| େମକଂ | emakam | 33.33 |
| େଜନା | ejana | 33.33 |
| Mekan in the Russian language | ||
| Мекан | mekan | - |
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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 Mekan
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