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
Mekoya is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 38,780th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 537,311 people. The last name Mekoya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekoya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mekoya is also the 45,591st most common first name in the world It is held by 15,384 people.
The last name is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 13,522 people, or 1 in 7,214. Barring Ethiopia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 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
- 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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