Mekine Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Mekine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Mekine (75) may also be a first name.
Mekine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekine (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻴﻦ) is most common in Algeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekine? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Mekine reside; 40 percent reside in North Africa and 40 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,116,575th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 75 people.
Mekine is most common in Algeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,726,310. Not including Algeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekine in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻴﻦ | mkyn | - |
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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 Mekine
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