Mekei Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Mekei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 220 | 1:601,133 | 47,761 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mekei (54) may also be a first name.
Mekei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻴﻪ, Oriya: େମେକଇ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mekei is the 1,014,722nd most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Mekei reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Mekei is also the 1,350,955th most frequent forename globally, borne by 54 people.
Mekei is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 601,133. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻴﻪ | mkyh | - |
| Mekei in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେକଇ | emeka'i | - |
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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 Mekei
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