Mkam Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mkam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1021:531,15442,340
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Mkam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mkam is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,565,797th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mkam live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mkam is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 531,154. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent live, Gauteng, where 21 percent live and Free State, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Mkam Last Name Statistics demography

Mkam earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning R 181,740 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkham8987/
Mkame8942/
Mkaam891/
McKam891/
McKham809/
McKeam802/
Mkhamh801/
Mkamme801/
Mckaim801/
McKahm800/
Mqam75172/
Mkom7559/
McKaham733/
Mkome671,525/
Mgqam6761/
McCam6715/
Mkoum677/
McGam674/
Mhqam673/
Mkoom671/
Mkeim671/
Mckom671/
McAme670/

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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 Mkam
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