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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is primarily found 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 forename on earth. It is borne by 143 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 63 percent are found, Kogi, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs 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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