Mkena Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Mkena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mkena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkena (Arabic: مكهنا) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mkena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mkena is the 1,955,159th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Mkena occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mkena are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Mkena is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria Mkena is most numerous in: Benue, where 75 percent are found, Plateau, where 17 percent are found and Rivers, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Mkena exists in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mkena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mkena in the Arabic language | ||
| مكهنا | mkhna | - |
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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 Mkena
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