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 most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekwuye? popularity and diffusion
Mekwuye is the 707,442nd most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. The surname is mostly found 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 commonly used first name globally It is held by 14 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 408 people, or 1 in 434,173. In Nigeria Mekwuye is mostly found in: Delta, where 68 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Edo, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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
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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 Mekwuye
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