Menkem Surname

298,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Menkem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Menkem 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
Cameroon1,2581:16,5102,268
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menkem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 298,559th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,715,722 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Menkem live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Menkem is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.

This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,258 people, or 1 in 16,510. In Cameroon Menkem is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 76 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and West Region, where 7 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 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
Menkeum92135/
Menkeme923/
Muenkem921/
Meunkem921/
Muenkhem8669/
Minkem8374/
Memkem831/
Menchem7738/
Meenchem711/
Minkim674/
Mimkem671/
Menchim6212/
Minchem620/
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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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