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
The last name Mekena (Russian: Мекена) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,338,236th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. Mekena occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Mekena are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 65 people.
Mekena is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 163,536. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: South Region, where 62 percent live, Centre Region, where 35 percent live and East Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding 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 frequency of Mekena has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mekena last name grew 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
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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 Mekena
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