Mengeh Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Mengeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mengeh (81) may also be a first name.
Mengeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mengeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mengeh is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mengeh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mengeh is the 2,372,517th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Mengeh occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Mengeh are found; 74 percent are found in Central Africa and 74 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mengeh is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 81 people.
The surname Mengeh is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 432,689. In Cameroon it is most common in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 21 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 12 percent reside and Yemen, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Mengeh
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