de Mejia Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

de Mejia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Mejia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic1391:75,0573,477
El Salvador271:234,9592,182
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Guatemala91:1,786,9636,100
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: de Mejía (6) are calculated separately.

de Mejia (84) may also be a first name.

de Mejia Last Name Facts

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

de Mejia is found in The Dominican Republic more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: de Mejía. For other possible spellings of de Mejia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Mejia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,148,257th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Mejia live; 67 percent live in Caribbean and 67 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 1,046,220th most widespread forename on earth It is held by 84 people.

This last name is most frequent in The Dominican Republic, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 75,057. Aside from The Dominican Republic de Mejia occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in El Salvador, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

de Mejia Last Name Statistics demography

de Mejia earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.91% more than the national average, earning $50,016 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Mejía966/
de Mexia881/
de Mia8612/
de Mejías821/
de Miah800/
de Meo715,413/
de Mio71139/
di Mea710/
de Moua6710/
de Mauá673/
de Maua672/
de Maeo671/
de Meoo671/
de Meeo671/
da Miah671/
di Mehat633/
de Magio632/
de Mayyo631/
de Micheo5916/
di Miscia5914/
de Miscio592/
di Meo579,686/
de Méo576/
De-Meo575/
De-Mio571/
di Magio5014/

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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 de Mejia
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