Mekomba Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Mekomba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 370 | 1:56,133 | 7,250 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Mekomba (16) may also be a first name.
Mekomba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekomba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekomba is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekomba? popularity and diffusion
Mekomba is the 760,012th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. The last name Mekomba is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mekomba reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mekomba is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 16 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 370 people, or 1 in 56,133. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 45 percent live, East Region, where 28 percent live and Southwest Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 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
- 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 Mekomba
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