Mekye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mekye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Mekye (29) may also be a first name.
Mekye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻴﻪ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Mekye occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Mekye are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 29 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Papua, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻴﻪ | mkyh | - |
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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 Mekye
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