Mekoe Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Mekoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 96 | 1:564,351 | 43,987 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mekoe (10) may also be a first name.
Mekoe Demographics
Average Mekoe Salary in
South Africa
R 190,956
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mekoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekoe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekoe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,871,545th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. Mekoe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekoe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 10 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 564,351. In South Africa Mekoe is most common in: Gauteng, where 63 percent live, North West, where 20 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 15 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Mekoe Last Name Statistics demography
Mekoe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.64% less than the national average, earning R 190,956 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 Mekoe
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