Meknet Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Meknet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meknet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran231:3,338,37197,100
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Meknet Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meknet Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Meknet is found most frequently in Iran. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Meknet? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Meknet are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

Meknet is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 3,338,371. In Iran Meknet is most common in: Gilan Province, where 43 percent are found, Mazandaran Province, where 35 percent are found and Alborz Province, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Iran this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maeknet921/
Miknet83713/
Maknet8342/
Meyknecht80325/
Meiknecht806/
MacKnet7738/
Magknet771/
Micknet771/
Mocknet770/
Meijknecht7539/
MacKnett7110/
Maknit675/
Meškėnaitė634/
MacKenneth631/
MacNett6226/
Maknayt627/
Miknytė622/
Miknyte621/
Mikhnayt578/
Mahaknit576/
MacNeith575/
Mykhnyts571/
Maiknait571/
Mikėnaitė539/

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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 Meknet
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