Mekaya Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Mekaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Mekaya (44) may also be a first name.
Mekaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekaya occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mekaya reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 44 people.
The surname Mekaya is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 41 percent reside, Lagos, where 36 percent reside and Ogun, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Mekaya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 32 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Mekaya
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