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 more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Meku.
How Common Is The Last Name Meku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 90,586th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,377,608 people. The last name Meku occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Meku live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Meku is also the 81,501st most common given name internationally, held by 6,487 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,898 people, or 1 in 33,660. Excluding Ethiopia Meku is found 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 through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Meku last name rose 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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