Meket Surname

158,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,752 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Meket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,7371:35,6404,079
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Meket (31) may also be a first name.

Meket Last Name Facts

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

Meket is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meket? popularity and diffusion

The surname Meket is the 158,650th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,648,091 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meket reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Meket is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 31 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Excluding Ethiopia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Meket Last Name Statistics demography

Meket earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 167.68% more than the national average, earning $115,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mekete9118,239/
Meeket915/
Moeket912/
Mekhet911/
Mekiet911/
Mekket911/
Mekett910/
Mhekete836/
Mecketh832/
Mekkhet831/
Mekheit831/
Moket804,179/
Mekit801,460/
Maket80492/
Miket8064/
Meked8014/
Myket805/
Mecet801/
Mekchett7710/
Measketh774/
Meschket771/
Meketova771/
Maketh738,041/
Mekhed731,163/
Mocket73923/
Maqeet73425/
Mechet73306/
Mekkit73294/
MacKet73136/
Maiket7398/
Micket7374/
Mequet7370/
Moqeet7359/
Makhet7356/
Mezkit7351/
Makiet7343/
Mekked7339/
Mikete7337/
Moiket7334/
Makket7329/
Mykets7327/
Mayket7318/
Mekitt7313/
Mikhet7312/
Makeit7310/
Meekit736/
Makeet735/
Moekit733/
Mekyte732/
Mokeet732/
Mikeit732/
Makeut732/
Mikiet732/
Mikets731/
Mikket731/
Maekit731/
Mokhet731/
Mekait731/
Mekhit731/
Mekite731/
Mykhet731/
Makett730/
Metckette711/
Mockett67925/
MacKett67546/
Mickett6757/
Moqueet6756/
Moqeeth6721/
MacKiet6711/
Meskyte679/
Makieth677/
Maqeeth675/
Mickets675/
Meechit675/
Mokheet674/
Measkit674/
Mechett674/
Mikette674/
Meskite674/
Mahaket674/
Mekaite673/
Mokhiet673/
Maqueet672/
Maikete672/
Mekheed672/
Makeeth671/
Makeett671/
MacKeyt671/
Miskett671/
Mekhith671/
Mecheat671/
Maequet671/
Makheth671/
Meškytė671/
Mikkeit671/
Mekaitė671/
Metkite671/
Mikkiet671/
Mickeet671/
Mecheth671/
Mokheth671/
Missket671/
Mesquet671/
Majkeet671/
Makeith670/
Makquet670/

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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 Meket
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