Meachel Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Meachel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Meachel (150) may also be a first name.
Meachel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meachel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meachel is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Meachel.
How Common Is The Last Name Meachel? popularity and diffusion
Meachel is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Meachel is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Meachel reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meachel is also the 752,187th most common first name globally It is held by 150 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 30 percent are found, Oyo, where 30 percent are found and Kogi, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Meachel is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent are found and Liberia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Meachel
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