Mekwunye Surname
Approximately 743 people bear this surname
Mekwunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 697 | 1:254,150 | 14,653 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
Mekwunye Demographics
Average Mekwunye Salary in
United States
$61,679 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mekwunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekwunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekwunye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mekwunye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekwunye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 455,757th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 9,808,272 people. The surname Mekwunye is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mekwunye live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Mekwunye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 697 people, or 1 in 254,150. In Nigeria Mekwunye is most prevalent in: Delta, where 47 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Edo, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Mekwunye Last Name Statistics demography
Mekwunye earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.94% more than the national average, earning $61,679 USD per year.
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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 Mekwunye
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