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
Mekau is found most in The Solomon Islands. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name Mekau is mostly 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. Mekau is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 18 people.
This surname is most numerous in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 8,056. In The Solomon Islands it is most common in: Temotu Province, where 60 percent live and Capital Territory, where 40 percent live. Outside of The Solomon Islands this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Mekau
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