Mekone Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Mekone Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mekone (930) may also be a first name.
Mekone Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekone Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekone is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekone? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,353,468th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mekone are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mekone is also the 265,244th most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 930 people.
Mekone is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 136,639. In Cameroon Mekone is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 54 percent live, Littoral Region, where 24 percent live and Centre Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Mekone occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 2 percent live and Latvia, where 1 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 Mekone
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