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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekoue? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,017,412th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mekoue live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 31 people.
Mekoue is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 99,374. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 35 percent reside, South Region, where 22 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Mekoue occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent reside and France, where 3 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
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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 Mekoue
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