Meceta Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Meceta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 41 | 1:3,027,468 | 22,993 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Meceta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meceta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meceta is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meceta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Meceta reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Hispano-North America.
The surname is most widely held in Mexico, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 3,027,468. In Mexico it is primarily concentrated in: Yucatán, where 93 percent live, Quintana Roo, where 5 percent live and Campeche, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Mexico this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Colombia, where 2 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 Meceta
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