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
The surname Mekana (Hindi: मेकाना) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mekana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 330,363rd most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,500,933 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mekana are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 614,549th most widely held first name globally It is held by 216 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 670 people, or 1 in 80,862. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent reside, Western Cape, where 38 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
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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