Mekinta Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Mekinta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
Mekinta (40) may also be a first name.
Mekinta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekinta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekinta is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekinta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,020,555th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname Mekinta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Mekinta reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mekinta is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 40 people.
Mekinta is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria Mekinta is most frequent in: Yobe, where 59 percent live and Borno, where 41 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 47 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maekintai | 88 | 4 | / |
| Makinta | 86 | 7,348 | / |
| Mikinta | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mokinta | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mekenta | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mekinti | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maikinta | 80 | 129 | / |
| Mekintie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makintaï | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makintha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Makintta | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meckentay | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mesquinta | 75 | 4 | / |
| Makenta | 71 | 44 | / |
| Mekntiy | 71 | 37 | / |
| Mekemta | 71 | 15 | / |
| Mekenti | 71 | 15 | / |
| Makinto | 71 | 14 | / |
| Mekento | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekintoush | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maquinta | 67 | 100 | / |
| Mekkenti | 67 | 8 | / |
| Makintoy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mequinto | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mecginty | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mekenter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makintou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makentah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maquenta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makentay | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mekinta
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis