Meca Surname
Approximately 8,767 people bear this surname
Meca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2,232 | 1:20,946 | 2,285 |
| Peru | 2,048 | 1:15,520 | 1,960 |
| Philippines | 1,619 | 1:62,531 | 10,598 |
| Romania | 717 | 1:28,003 | 3,586 |
| Brazil | 279 | 1:767,292 | 27,911 |
| Czechia | 223 | 1:47,684 | 7,962 |
| Indonesia | 221 | 1:598,413 | 47,561 |
| Portugal | 217 | 1:48,010 | 2,732 |
| Argentina | 202 | 1:211,601 | 17,444 |
| France | 168 | 1:395,373 | 58,261 |
| Haiti | 162 | 1:65,950 | 3,672 |
| United States | 119 | 1:3,045,873 | 177,373 |
| Ecuador | 118 | 1:134,795 | 6,841 |
| Poland | 117 | 1:324,861 | 37,737 |
| India | 106 | 1:7,236,466 | 158,262 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Italy | 24 | 1:2,548,195 | 95,018 |
| Andorra | 18 | 1:4,658 | 913 |
| Turkey | 15 | 1:5,188,095 | 110,069 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Meça (508), Méca (5), Meča (3) & Meća (1) are calculated separately.
Meca (832) may also be a first name.
Meca Demographics
Average Male Meca Height
174.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Meca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meca is carried by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Meça, Méca, Meča or Meća. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meca? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 57,740th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 831,247 people. Meca occurs predominantly in Europe, where 43 percent of Meca live; 30 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in Iberian Europe. Meca is also the 283,108th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 832 people.
The surname is most widespread in Spain, where it is borne by 2,232 people, or 1 in 20,946. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Murcia, where 35 percent live, Catalonia, where 30 percent live and Andalusia, where 13 percent live. Beside Spain Meca is found in 61 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 23 percent live and The Philippines, where 18 percent live.
Meca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meca has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 2,380 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meca surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Meca earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 5.95% less than the national average, earning €28,244 per year; in Peru they earn 34.65% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,668 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.49% less than the national average, earning $20,548,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 34.98% less than the national average, earning $28,054 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.64% more than the national average, earning $51,491 CAD 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
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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 Meca
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