Mekwuye Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Mekwuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 408 | 1:434,173 | 22,377 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Mekwuye (14) may also be a first name.
Mekwuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekwuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekwuye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mekwuye.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekwuye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 707,442nd most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mekwuye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 408 people, or 1 in 434,173. In Nigeria Mekwuye is most common in: Delta, where 68 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Edo, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mekwwuye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mekwuaye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mekwue | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mokwuye | 86 | 127 | / |
| Mekwuya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mekwuyi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mekwiye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mekuoye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mmekwue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mokwuyie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mokwueye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Megwue | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mekwey | 77 | 2 | / |
| Megueye | 71 | 110 | / |
| Makweye | 71 | 41 | / |
| Mokweye | 71 | 36 | / |
| Makwaye | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mokwaye | 71 | 9 | / |
| Makwiye | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mekueyi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Meekway | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mekuiya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mekwaya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mekgwej | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meguiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokwuey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekkway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekuheu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meckway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Meikwaya | 67 | 86 | / |
| Meikuaya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mmekwuoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mokwueyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meikweya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekuejui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekouheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekoueha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokweyie | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mekwuye
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