Mekonde Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Mekonde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mekonde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekonde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekonde occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekonde? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mekonde is the 3,323,005th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekonde are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent live, South Region, where 33 percent live and Southwest Region, where 23 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 3 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 Mekonde
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