Menkan Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Menkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Menkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menkan occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menkan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Menkan live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Menkan is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 58 percent live and Southwest Region, where 39 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muenkan | 92 | 100 | / |
| Mengkan | 92 | 45 | / |
| Menkain | 92 | 15 | / |
| Menkean | 92 | 9 | / |
| Menkahn | 92 | 6 | / |
| Menkane | 92 | 5 | / |
| Maenkan | 92 | 4 | / |
| Menkand | 92 | 3 | / |
| Muenkhan | 86 | 126 | / |
| Meunkhan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Menkeahn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Menkaine | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muengkan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mengkhan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Minkan | 83 | 105 | / |
| Menkon | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mnkane | 83 | 7 | / |
| Mencan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Memkan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Menkham | 77 | 223 | / |
| Mingkan | 77 | 64 | / |
| Menkein | 77 | 19 | / |
| Menqane | 77 | 9 | / |
| Muenkon | 77 | 5 | / |
| Menkoon | 77 | 3 | / |
| Minkane | 77 | 3 | / |
| Minkain | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mencane | 77 | 2 | / |
| Muinkan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mengkon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meenkam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mngkane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mencang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menkone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Minkhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menkeun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mngkang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Minkann | 77 | 1 | / |
| Minckan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Menkhausen | 75 | 13 | / |
| Menkhanova | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mengcane | 71 | 127 | / |
| Mengqane | 71 | 59 | / |
| Menkeing | 71 | 17 | / |
| Mingkhan | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mengkham | 71 | 6 | / |
| Menkoung | 71 | 4 | / |
| Maengkon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muinkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mingkaun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mehenkam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muengkon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mengquan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Minkkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Menkhoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Menchean | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mienkein | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mincan | 67 | 337 | / |
| Mncane | 67 | 83 | / |
| Minkon | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mencon | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mingkhanh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mnkone | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mnqane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mnqand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menkamgue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Memkam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Minkangue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mngeekhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mengkuong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Minkanova | 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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- 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 Menkan
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