Mekessi Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Mekessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Mekessi (27) may also be a first name.
Mekessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekessi is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekessi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekessi live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name on earth, held by 27 people.
The last name Mekessi is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Mekessi is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 89 percent live, East Region, where 6 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent live and Algeria, where 3 percent live.
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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 Mekessi
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