Minkale Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Minkale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Minkale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1031:201,64120,774
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Minkale (26) may also be a first name.

Minkale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Minkale is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Minkale? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,806,862nd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Minkale are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 61 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 26 people.

The last name Minkale is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 201,641. In Cameroon Minkale is most prevalent in: South Region, where 57 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and Littoral Region, where 15 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent live.

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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 Minkale
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