Mekau Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Mekau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 72 | 1:8,056 | 1,292 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mekau (18) may also be a first name.
Mekau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekau is found in The Solomon Islands more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,168,711th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname Mekau is primarily found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Mekau are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent given name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
The surname Mekau is most common in The Solomon Islands, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 8,056. In The Solomon Islands Mekau is most frequent in: Temotu Province, where 60 percent live and Capital Territory, where 40 percent live. Excluding The Solomon Islands Mekau occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mekau
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