El Mech Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Mech Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Mech Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Mauritania201:204,74310,209
France11:66,422,722504,397

El Mech Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Mech (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺶ) occurs most in Morocco. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El Mech.

How Common Is The Last Name El Mech? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 906,170th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Mech reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The last name El Mech is most widely held in Morocco, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Barring Morocco this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 7 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Meche931/
El Mehy86344/
El Mach867/
El Moch863/
El Mekh862/
El Mieh861/
El Me834/
El Maach80370/
El Meehy80153/
El Mih77214/
El Med77137/
El Mee7748/
El Mey7711/
El Mez771/
El Mer771/
El Hmaich751/
El Mahy71832/
El Mohy7116/
El-Mehy7110/
El Mjzh719/
El Mikh714/
El Mejd711/
El-Mach711/
El Mhai711/
El Meit711/
El Ma67163/
El Meitt6711/
El Mhaia672/
El Mahaj672/
El Hmayh671/
El Mhidh671/
El Mj671/
El-Meush671/
El Mhaya671/
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El Mech Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mech in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺶalmsh-

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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 El Mech
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