Mekuye Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Mekuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mekuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekuye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekuye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,871,545th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Mekuye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekuye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 55 percent live, Edo, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mekuye
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