Mekana Surname
Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname
Mekana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 670 | 1:80,862 | 9,984 |
| Cameroon | 356 | 1:58,340 | 7,511 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mekana (216) may also be a first name.
Mekana Demographics
Average Mekana Salary in
South Africa
R 97,680
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mekana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekana (Hindi: मेकाना) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 330,363rd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,500,933 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mekana live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mekana is also the 614,549th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 216 people.
The surname Mekana is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 670 people, or 1 in 80,862. In South Africa Mekana is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent are found, Western Cape, where 38 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 32 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Mekana Last Name Statistics demography
Mekana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.9% less than the national average, earning R 97,680 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekana in the Hindi language | ||
| मेकाना | mekana | 66.67 |
| मेकना | mekana | 33.33 |
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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 Mekana
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