Menkem Surname
Approximately 1,275 people bear this surname
Menkem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,258 | 1:16,510 | 2,268 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Menkem (21) may also be a first name.
Menkem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menkem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menkem occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menkem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 298,559th most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 5,715,722 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Menkem are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 21 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,258 people, or 1 in 16,510. In Cameroon Menkem is most common in: Southwest Region, where 76 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and West Region, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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
- 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 Menkem
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