Mekap Surname

170,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,520 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Mekap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mekap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,4921:307,81117,236
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Mekap (206) may also be a first name.

Mekap Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mekap Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mekap (Marathi: मेकाप, Oriya: େମକାପ) is found most frequently in India. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mekap? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 170,957th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,891,883 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Mekap live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 630,600th most frequently held given name on earth, held by 206 people.

The surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 2,492 people, or 1 in 307,811. In India Mekap is most common in: Odisha, where 98 percent live, Jharkhand, where 1 percent live and West Bengal, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account India Mekap occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meikap91292/
Megkap918/
Mekaph914/
Mekape912/
Meykap911/
Mekaap911/
Makap80397/
Mekab80128/
Mekop80100/
Mikap8029/
Mokap8012/
Mecap803/
Maikap737,888/
Mekope7359/
Meikop7341/
Makaap7312/
Maykap737/
Mekkab736/
Mokcap734/
Moikap733/
Mekaib733/
Mekoup732/
Meicap732/
Mikkap731/
Makkap731/
Meykop731/
Mecape731/
Medcap731/
Mokkap731/
Metcap730/
Meacope6710/
Maikaph675/
Meekhab671/
Meakope671/
Maikaup671/
Makahap671/

Mekap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mekap in the Marathi language
मेकापmekapa92.31
जेकफjekapha7.69
Mekap in the Oriya language
େମକାପemakapa92.22
େମକାପ୍emakap3.17
େମକପemakapa2.33
େମକପ୍emakap0.78

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mekap
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