Menku Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Menku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Menkü (274) & Ménkü (24) are calculated separately.
Menku (284) may also be a first name.
Menku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menku (Hindi: मेंकू) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Menkü or Ménkü. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Menku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Menku is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Menku reside; 52 percent reside in Central Africa and 52 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 525,265th most numerous given name internationally, borne by 284 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Menku is most common in: West Region, where 82 percent are found, Centre Region, where 9 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menkü | 93 | 274 | / |
| Menkeu | 91 | 159 | / |
| Mengku | 91 | 23 | / |
| Menkou | 91 | 13 | / |
| Mnku | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ménkü | 87 | 24 | / |
| Menkhus | 83 | 135 | / |
| Menkous | 83 | 120 | / |
| Menkush | 83 | 35 | / |
| Mengkau | 83 | 26 | / |
| Menkouz | 83 | 5 | / |
| Menkaus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mengkhu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Menkeus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Menkó | 80 | 223 | / |
| Minku | 80 | 137 | / |
| Mencu | 80 | 95 | / |
| Mynku | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mnkui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Menkhaus | 77 | 971 | / |
| Menkouss | 77 | 110 | / |
| Menkoush | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mengkhut | 77 | 4 | / |
| Menkhous | 77 | 1 | / |
| Minkeu | 73 | 273 | / |
| Minkou | 73 | 27 | / |
| Minkui | 73 | 26 | / |
| Menkoe | 73 | 22 | / |
| Mingku | 73 | 20 | / |
| Minkau | 73 | 18 | / |
| Munkuu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Memkus | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mynkus | 73 | 2 | / |
| Minkuy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Minkud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Memkuu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mũnũku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Minkuj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mencus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Menckouss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Munkhuu | 67 | 412 | / |
| Muinkeu | 67 | 69 | / |
| Mingkau | 67 | 5 | / |
| Menqous | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mingkui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Minkutė | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mncu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mynkaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Minkusz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Minkoud | 67 | 1 | / |
Menku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menku in the Hindi language | ||
| मेंकू | menku | 82.14 |
| मेनका | menaka | 7.14 |
| मिनकू | minaku | 3.57 |
| मेनकू | menaku | 3.57 |
| मेनकाु | menakau | 3.57 |
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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 Menku
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