Mecai Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Mecai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
The alternate forms: Meçai (5) are calculated separately.
Mecai (6) may also be a first name.
Mecai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mecai occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Meçai. For other possible spellings of Mecai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Mecai live; 50 percent live in East Asia and 50 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Mecai is also the 4,967,096th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 6 people.
The last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Mecai is primarily found in: Kelantan, where 50 percent live and Sarawak, where 50 percent live. Besides Malaysia it is found in one country. It is also common in Taiwan, where 50 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 Mecai
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