Mekpi Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Mekpi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Mekpi (13) may also be a first name.
Mekpi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekpi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekpi is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekpi? popularity and diffusion
Mekpi is the 3,323,005th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Mekpi are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 63 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held forename internationally, held by 13 people.
Mekpi is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Mekpi is most prevalent in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mekpoi | 91 | 8 | / |
| Mekphui | 83 | 2 | / |
| Meikepi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mekpe | 80 | 307 | / |
| Mekpa | 80 | 57 | / |
| Makpi | 80 | 20 | / |
| Mokpi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mikpi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mokpei | 73 | 205 | / |
| Mikpai | 73 | 80 | / |
| Mekpha | 73 | 11 | / |
| Mokpai | 73 | 9 | / |
| Makpui | 73 | 7 | / |
| Makpai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Makphi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mackpi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mikpei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mikpyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mekpuy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Makphie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Moikepi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mekperr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maikepi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maikpai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mackphi | 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 Mekpi
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