Meku Surname
Approximately 5,290 people bear this surname
Meku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,898 | 1:33,660 | 3,918 |
| Indonesia | 1,514 | 1:87,351 | 9,152 |
| Cameroon | 228 | 1:91,092 | 10,928 |
| Tanzania | 157 | 1:337,208 | 25,147 |
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 147 | 1:55,467 | 7,053 |
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Kenya | 35 | 1:1,319,426 | 35,360 |
| Solomon Islands | 23 | 1:25,219 | 4,941 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Kosovo | 5 | 1:372,374 | 9,323 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meku (6,487) may also be a first name.
Meku Demographics
Average Meku Salary in
South Africa
R 70,020
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Meku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meku (Hindi: मेकू, Marathi: मेकु, Oriya: େମକୁ, Russian: Меку) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meku is the 90,586th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,377,608 people. Meku occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Meku are found; 58 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Meku is also the 81,501st most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 6,487 people.
Meku is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,898 people, or 1 in 33,660. Not including Ethiopia it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Meku Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meku has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meku Last Name Statistics demography
Meku earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.54% less than the national average, earning R 70,020 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meku in the Oriya language | ||
| େମକୁ | emaku | - |
| Meku in the Hindi language | ||
| मेकू | meku | 84.54 |
| मेकु | meku | 12.08 |
| मैकू | maiku | 1.45 |
| मॅकू | meku | 0.48 |
| मेक्ू | meku | 0.48 |
| मीकू | miku | 0.48 |
| Meku in the Marathi language | ||
| मेकु | meku | 65 |
| मेकू | meku | 35 |
| Meku in the Russian language | ||
| Меку | meku | - |
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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 Meku
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