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
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Mekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekan (Georgian: მეკან, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺎﻥ, Hindi: मेकन, Marathi: मेकन, Oriya: େମକନ, Russian: Мекан) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekan? popularity and diffusion
Mekan is the 154,609th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,566,941 people. The last name Mekan is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Mekan live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mekan is also the 10,382nd most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 98,019 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Beside Ethiopia Mekan occurs 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 incidence of Mekan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.25% registered to vote for the political 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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