Mekenna Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mekenna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mekenna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Mekenna (30) may also be a first name.

Mekenna Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mekenna Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mekenna (Hindi: मेकेन्ना) is found most in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mekenna? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Mekenna is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Mekenna live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mekenna is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 30 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Mekenna is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Mekenna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mekenna has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mekenna surname rose 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mekenna Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Mekenna earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 49.02% less than the national average, earning R 121,152 per year and in United States they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning $33,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meckenna933/
Makenna86145/
Mokenna864/
Mekenne863/
Mikenna862/
Mekinna862/
Mekenni861/
Mekna834/
MacKenna801,376/
Mekengni8029/
Mekenney8019/
Makkenna8014/
Mekengne803/
Mokoenna802/
Hmakenna801/
Meskenni801/
Mikengna801/
Mickenna801/
Mekinnau801/
Meckna7773/
Meknga7719/
Meknaz774/
Mekhna772/
Meknap772/
Meknai772/
Mackennah752/
Meachenna750/
Maikena7140/
Makinna7131/
Makenno7110/
Meknass7110/
Mekhnas712/
Mekhnaz711/
Mekemne711/
Meekene710/
Makna67993/
Mekni67972/
Mekhnach67148/
Mikna6793/
Meškėnas6773/
Mokna6711/
Meqna6710/
Mackinna677/
Mekinney677/
Mechenni674/
Mekny672/
Mickenny672/
Mekinnie671/
Makenney671/
Mecna671/
Meijkene671/
Meskinne671/
Miknėnas671/
Makinnah671/
Maquenna671/
Miskenne670/

Mekenna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mekenna in the Hindi language
मेकेन्नाmekenna-

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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 Mekenna
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