Mekeu Surname
Approximately 779 people bear this surname
Mekeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 739 | 1:28,104 | 3,815 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
Mekeu (84) may also be a first name.
Mekeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekeu has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekeu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 439,664th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,355,001 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mekeu are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 84 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 739 people, or 1 in 28,104. In Cameroon Mekeu is most prevalent in: West Region, where 47 percent are found, Centre Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 22 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mekeu
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