Menkiti Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Menkiti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menkiti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3311:535,17426,268
United States271:13,424,405494,117
England151:3,714,537119,675
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Menkiti (12) may also be a first name.

Menkiti Last Name Facts

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

The surname Menkiti is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menkiti? popularity and diffusion

Menkiti is the 757,040th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. The surname Menkiti occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Menkiti are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 12 people.

The last name Menkiti is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 535,174. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 25 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Bauchi, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Menkiti Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Menkiti surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.

Menkiti earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.15% more than the national average, earning $46,664 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menkaitis887/
Memkiti861/
Menkite861/
Menchiti801/
Menkitey801/
Mnqiti771/
Mnciti771/
Mngqiti71138/
Mnqithi7127/
Minkita7121/
Mncithi717/
Mncqiti711/
Menkete711/
Mngqithi67161/
Menquita677/
Mencetti671/
Mngcithi671/
Menqiste671/
Mencheti671/
Menchetti631,865/
Menquetti631/
Minkute573/
Minketa571/
Minkette5392/
Minqueti537/
Minquita533/
Mincetti533/
Menchete531/
Minquity530/
Minchetti5083/
Menchette503/

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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 Menkiti
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