Mekoa Surname
Approximately 1,369 people bear this surname
Mekoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 753 | 1:71,949 | 8,964 |
| Cameroon | 582 | 1:35,686 | 4,805 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Mekoa (37) may also be a first name.
Mekoa Demographics
Average Mekoa Salary in
South Africa
R 209,520
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mekoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekoa is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mekoa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 281,779th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,323,262 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mekoa live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mekoa is also the 1,688,769th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 37 people.
The surname Mekoa is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 753 people, or 1 in 71,949. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 47 percent live, Free State, where 24 percent live and North West, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 43 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Mekoa Last Name Statistics demography
Mekoa earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 11.83% less than the national average, earning R 209,520 per year.
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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 Mekoa
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