Menkane Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Menkane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menkane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Menkane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Menkane Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Menkane has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menkane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Menkane is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Menkane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Menkane live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Menkane is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 25 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 25 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Senegal, where 20 percent are found.

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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 Menkane
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