Menkefor Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Menkefor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Menkefor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Menkefor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Menkefor is found most in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Menkefor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menkefor? popularity and diffusion

Menkefor is the 4,427,875th most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Menkefor are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

Menkefor is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and West Region, where 7 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mankefor8887/
Munkefor8816/
Menkafor8811/
Mnokafor752/
Munkifor751/
Menakevar711/
Mankaafor711/
Munkver671/
Mnkovur671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Menkefor
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