Mekeya Surname
Approximately 1,784 people bear this surname
Mekeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Papua New Guinea | 169 | 1:48,247 | 6,005 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mekeya (116) may also be a first name.
Mekeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekeya is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekeya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 227,391st most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,084,947 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Mekeya reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mekeya is also the 868,627th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 116 people.
The surname Mekeya is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Barring Ethiopia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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 Mekeya
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