Mecca Surname
Approximately 8,107 people bear this surname
Mecca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3,603 | 1:16,974 | 2,900 |
| United States | 2,508 | 1:144,521 | 14,952 |
| Brazil | 543 | 1:394,244 | 15,036 |
| Philippines | 378 | 1:267,826 | 39,333 |
| Argentina | 346 | 1:123,536 | 10,431 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| France | 148 | 1:448,802 | 64,499 |
| Iran | 101 | 1:760,223 | 38,762 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Peru | 33 | 1:963,155 | 18,708 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Mecca (1,891) may also be a first name.
Mecca Demographics
Average Male Mecca Height
177.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mecca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mecca (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺔ) is more frequently found in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecca? popularity and diffusion
Mecca is the 61,977th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 898,920 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Mecca live; 45 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 45 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 174,822nd most frequently used forename globally, held by 1,891 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 3,603 people, or 1 in 16,974. In Italy it is most numerous in: Basilicata, where 51 percent live, Piedmont, where 21 percent live and Lazio, where 9 percent live. Other than Italy this last name exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.
Mecca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mecca has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mecca last name rose 15,675 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mecca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mecca last name are 9.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.24% being registered with the political party.
The amount Mecca earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 14.42% more than the national average, earning €34,360 per year; in Peru they earn 16.87% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,114 per year; in South Africa they earn 52.61% less than the national average, earning R 112,620 per year; in United States they earn 12.37% more than the national average, earning $48,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.29% more than the national average, earning $64,234 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mecca Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mecca in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﺔ | mkt | - |
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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
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- 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 Mecca
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