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
The last name Mecah is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Mecah is primarily found 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 commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 143 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most common in: Sokoto, where 63 percent are found, Kogi, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Mecah is found 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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