Mekang Surname
Approximately 767 people bear this surname
Mekang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 648 | 1:32,051 | 4,326 |
| Thailand | 103 | 1:685,809 | 114,410 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mekang (74) may also be a first name.
Mekang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekang is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 444,963rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 9,501,364 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Mekang live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mekang is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 74 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 32,051. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 46 percent live, Southwest Region, where 34 percent live and Littoral Region, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meekang | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mekeang | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mekaang | 92 | 1 | / |
| Miekang | 92 | 1 | / |
| Meikang | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mekangue | 86 | 18 | / |
| Mekong | 83 | 1,972 | / |
| Makang | 83 | 990 | / |
| Mokang | 83 | 256 | / |
| Mikang | 83 | 35 | / |
| Mecang | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mekamg | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mekanc | 83 | 1 | / |
| Moekhaing | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makhang | 77 | 187 | / |
| Maekong | 77 | 90 | / |
| Makaung | 77 | 88 | / |
| Meekong | 77 | 88 | / |
| Mokkang | 77 | 74 | / |
| Mikhang | 77 | 59 | / |
| Maikang | 77 | 47 | / |
| Mekoung | 77 | 17 | / |
| Mockang | 77 | 10 | / |
| Makeang | 77 | 8 | / |
| Makaing | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mokaung | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mekeing | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mekeung | 77 | 3 | / |
| Maakang | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meakong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meikong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meicang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Makkang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Medkong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mekkong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mekamgue | 71 | 58 | / |
| Mikangue | 71 | 44 | / |
| Mekongue | 71 | 33 | / |
| Meekhong | 71 | 31 | / |
| Meiskong | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mheekong | 71 | 2 | / |
| MacKhang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makhaung | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouykang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hmeekong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maikhang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makong | 67 | 2,655 | / |
| Mokong | 67 | 536 | / |
| Mikong | 67 | 443 | / |
| Mecong | 67 | 132 | / |
| Macong | 67 | 113 | / |
| Micang | 67 | 111 | / |
| Macang | 67 | 65 | / |
| Meschkank | 67 | 14 | / |
| Makank | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mikhasing | 67 | 4 | / |
| Myokhaing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mocang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mykong | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mekang
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