Mekpa Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Mekpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Mekpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekpa is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekpa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most numerous family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Mekpa are found; 60 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Mekpa is most common in: East Region, where 91 percent are found and Centre Region, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mekpat | 91 | 103 | / |
| Mekpha | 91 | 11 | / |
| Mekpah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Measkpa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Makpa | 80 | 734 | / |
| Mekpo | 80 | 687 | / |
| Mekpe | 80 | 307 | / |
| Mikpa | 80 | 138 | / |
| Mokpa | 80 | 116 | / |
| Mekpi | 80 | 35 | / |
| Mokpha | 73 | 401 | / |
| Makpah | 73 | 369 | / |
| Miekpo | 73 | 115 | / |
| Makpha | 73 | 86 | / |
| Mikpai | 73 | 80 | / |
| Maikpa | 73 | 60 | / |
| Mekpoh | 73 | 48 | / |
| Mokpaa | 73 | 13 | / |
| Mokpai | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mekpho | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mekpoi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mikpaï | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mykpah | 73 | 5 | / |
| Makpai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Makpau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Makpaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Megpah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mekpuy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mikpaî | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meakpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Makpea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Makpaï | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maakpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mekphot | 67 | 461 | / |
| Maikepa | 67 | 71 | / |
| Mokpaha | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mekphui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mackpah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekperr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meikepi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maikpai | 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
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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 Mekpa
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