Mekoun Surname
Approximately 547 people bear this surname
Mekoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 502 | 1:20,589 | 2,753 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Mekoun (14) may also be a first name.
Mekoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekoun is found most frequently in Benin. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekoun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 575,362nd most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,322,753 people. The last name Mekoun is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mekoun are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name in the world It is held by 14 people.
The surname Mekoun is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 502 people, or 1 in 20,589. In Benin Mekoun is mostly found in: Mono Department, where 49 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 26 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 13 percent reside. Barring Benin Mekoun exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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