Mekoue Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Mekoue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 209 | 1:99,374 | 11,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mekoue (31) may also be a first name.
Mekoue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekoue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekoue is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekoue? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekoue is the 1,017,412th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mekoue are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mekoue is also the 1,874,099th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 31 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 99,374. In Cameroon Mekoue is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 35 percent live, South Region, where 22 percent live and Littoral Region, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent live and France, 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 Mekoue
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