Mecah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Mecah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Mecah (143) may also be a first name.
Mecah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mecah is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Mecah live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 772,378th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 143 people.
The surname Mecah is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 63 percent are found, Kogi, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Mecah occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 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 Mecah
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