Mekeni Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Mekeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 473 | 1:114,541 | 13,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Mekeni (102) may also be a first name.
Mekeni Demographics
Average Mekeni Salary in
South Africa
R 94,764
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mekeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekeni occurs most in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekeni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 631,297th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,056,913 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mekeni live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mekeni is also the 935,178th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 102 people.
This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 473 people, or 1 in 114,541. In South Africa Mekeni is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent live, Western Cape, where 22 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Other than South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent live.
Mekeni Last Name Statistics demography
Mekeni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.12% less than the national average, earning R 94,764 per year.
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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 Mekeni
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