Menkene Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Menkene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menkene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon611:340,47730,746
France11:66,422,722504,397

Menkene Last Name Facts

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

Menkene is most common in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menkene? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,436,415th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Menkene are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Menkene is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon Menkene is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 66 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 16 percent reside and West Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in France, where 2 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
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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 Menkene
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