Mekanti Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Mekanti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Mékanti (1) are calculated separately.
Mekanti (135) may also be a first name.
Mekanti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekanti Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekanti is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms: Mékanti. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekanti? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekanti is the 4,649,889th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mekanti live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mekanti is also the 797,647th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 135 people.
Mekanti is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Mekanti is primarily found in: Niger, where 88 percent reside, Kaduna, where 6 percent reside and Zamfara, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mékanti | 95 | 1 | / |
| Mekkanti | 93 | 67 | / |
| Meikanti | 93 | 1 | / |
| Meekhanti | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mikanti | 86 | 53 | / |
| Makanti | 86 | 52 | / |
| Mekanta | 86 | 42 | / |
| Mokanti | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mekante | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maikanti | 80 | 546 | / |
| Mikhanti | 80 | 49 | / |
| Mokkanti | 80 | 27 | / |
| Makkanti | 80 | 23 | / |
| Midkanti | 80 | 18 | / |
| Mescanti | 80 | 16 | / |
| Mitkanti | 80 | 7 | / |
| Makhanti | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mikantie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mekkamti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mekhanta | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makaunti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makantti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maïkanti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maikantis | 75 | 35 | / |
| Mekhanter | 75 | 14 | / |
| Mekountei | 75 | 13 | / |
| Makanthai | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mahakanti | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mekountai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Micanti | 71 | 355 | / |
| Makante | 71 | 55 | / |
| Mikanta | 71 | 28 | / |
| Macanti | 71 | 24 | / |
| Mekamte | 71 | 15 | / |
| Makonti | 71 | 14 | / |
| Mahakhanti | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mecante | 71 | 2 | / |
| Meekonthai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maconti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokante | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekonta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makanty | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekounte | 67 | 90 | / |
| Maikanta | 67 | 14 | / |
| Macaunti | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mokhanty | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meekhonthai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maicanti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makeunti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maikante | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokontei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makhonti | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacAntie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mekanti
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