Mekoya Surname
Approximately 13,563 people bear this surname
Mekoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 13,522 | 1:7,214 | 1,135 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mekoya (15,384) may also be a first name.
Mekoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekoya is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 38,780th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 537,311 people. Mekoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekoya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 45,591st most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 15,384 people.
It is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 13,522 people, or 1 in 7,214. Excluding Ethiopia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Indonesia, 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 Mekoya
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