Mekounde Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Mekounde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 123 | 1:168,854 | 18,087 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mekounde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekounde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekounde is most common in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekounde? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,491,356th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mekounde live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 168,854. In Cameroon Mekounde is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 59 percent are found, Centre Region, where 28 percent are found and East Region, where 12 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found and Benin, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mekoundje | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mekoundie | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mekunde | 93 | 39 | / |
| Mekonde | 93 | 35 | / |
| Mekounda | 88 | 3 | / |
| Mekoundi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mekuinde | 88 | 1 | / |
| Messkunde | 82 | 3 | / |
| Maykounde | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mekonda | 80 | 64 | / |
| Mikonde | 80 | 32 | / |
| Mekondj | 80 | 28 | / |
| Mekande | 80 | 22 | / |
| Mekunda | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mekondi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mikunde | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mekkonda | 75 | 165 | / |
| Meckonda | 75 | 12 | / |
| Meekonda | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mekhundi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mekkondi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mekeundi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mekandje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mikounda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mekondda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meckondy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meshkande | 71 | 14 | / |
| Maikounda | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mahjkunde | 71 | 2 | / |
| Meekandee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekeumdje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maikoundi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medkundhi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mikundi | 67 | 2,688 | / |
| Mikunda | 67 | 1,252 | / |
| Mekanda | 67 | 1,069 | / |
| Mikonda | 67 | 55 | / |
| Mekandi | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mikondi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mykunda | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mikande | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mykonda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meconda | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mekounde
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