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 most common in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Mecah are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 772,378th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 143 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Mecah is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 63 percent reside, Kogi, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside.
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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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