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 last name Mekeu occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekeu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 439,664th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,355,001 people. Mekeu is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mekeu reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 84 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 739 people, or 1 in 28,104. In Cameroon Mekeu is primarily found in: West Region, where 47 percent reside, Centre Region, where 29 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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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