Mekongo Surname
Approximately 5,463 people bear this surname
Mekongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,417 | 1:3,834 | 455 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mekongo (243) may also be a first name.
Mekongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekongo is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekongo? popularity and diffusion
Mekongo is the 88,000th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,333,982 people. Mekongo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mekongo are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 573,164th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 243 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5,417 people, or 1 in 3,834. In Cameroon Mekongo is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 83 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside and South Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Mekongo exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mekongo
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