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) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meku? popularity and diffusion
Meku is the 90,586th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,377,608 people. Meku is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Meku are found; 58 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 81,501st most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 6,487 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,898 people, or 1 in 33,660. Excluding Ethiopia this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Meku Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meku has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meku surname grew 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
- 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 Meku
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