Mekoi Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Mekoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mekoi (49) may also be a first name.
Mekoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekoi is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mekoi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekoi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Mekoi occurs mostly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Mekoi reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Mekoi is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 49 people.
The last name Mekoi is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western, where 90 percent live, East New Britain, where 3 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 3 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 21 percent live and Malaysia, where 13 percent live.
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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 Mekoi
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