Mekena Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Mekena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 127 | 1:163,536 | 17,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mekena (65) may also be a first name.
Mekena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekena (Russian: Мекена) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,338,236th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Mekena reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 49 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 65 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 163,536. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: South Region, where 62 percent live, Centre Region, where 35 percent live and East Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Cameroon Mekena exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 8 percent live.
Mekena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mekena has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mekena last name increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekena in the Russian language | ||
| Мекена | mekena | - |
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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 Mekena
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