Mokume Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Mokume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 90 | 1:1,420,492 | 23,784 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Mokumé (1) are calculated separately.
Mokume Demographics
Average Mokume Salary in
South Africa
R 59,556
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mokume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mokume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mokume is most common in Japan. It may also occur as a variant: Mokumé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mokume? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mokume is the 1,300,225th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Mokume are found; 52 percent are found in East Asia and 52 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The last name Mokume is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 1,420,492. In Japan Mokume is most frequent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 74 percent live and Kagawa Prefecture, where 26 percent live. Without taking into account Japan this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 44 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Mokume Last Name Statistics demography
Mokume earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.94% less than the national average, earning R 59,556 per year.
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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 Mokume
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