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 found most in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 88,000th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,333,982 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 common first name at a global level, held by 243 people.
Mekongo is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5,417 people, or 1 in 3,834. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 83 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found and South Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
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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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