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 be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mecah is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Mecah reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 772,378th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 143 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Mecah is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 63 percent live, Kogi, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live.
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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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