Mekun Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Mekun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 389 | 1:181,590 | 29,667 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Mekun (57) may also be a first name.
Mekun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekun (Hindi: मेकून) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 686,443rd most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,869,319 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Mekun are found; 91 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Mekun is also the 1,308,380th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 57 people.
The last name Mekun is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 181,590. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Ang Thong Province, where 30 percent are found, Suphan Buri Province, where 19 percent are found and Songkhla Province, where 12 percent are found. Beside Thailand this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekun in the Hindi language | ||
| मेकून | mekuna | - |
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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 Mekun
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