Mecha Surname
Approximately 9,898 people bear this surname
Mecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,573 | 1:12,925 | 1,598 |
| Ethiopia | 2,898 | 1:33,660 | 3,918 |
| Colombia | 1,368 | 1:34,923 | 2,089 |
| Nigeria | 439 | 1:403,514 | 21,145 |
| Panama | 335 | 1:11,678 | 974 |
| Tanzania | 231 | 1:229,184 | 18,969 |
| Philippines | 209 | 1:484,393 | 57,696 |
| United States | 153 | 1:2,369,013 | 146,433 |
| India | 143 | 1:5,364,094 | 131,111 |
| Poland | 132 | 1:287,945 | 34,716 |
| Spain | 118 | 1:396,204 | 21,717 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Puerto Rico | 39 | 1:91,029 | 1,532 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Méchá (1) are calculated separately.
Mecha (31,371) may also be a first name.
Mecha Demographics
Mecha Political Affiliation
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Mecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mecha (Bengali: মেছা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺸﺎ, Hindi: मेचा, Marathi: मेचा, Oriya: େମଚ, Tibetan: མེ་ཅ་) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Méchá. Click here for further potential spellings of Mecha.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mecha is the 51,754th most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 736,264 people. The last name Mecha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Mecha reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 29 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 26,962nd most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 31,371 people.
The last name Mecha is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 3,573 people, or 1 in 12,925. In Kenya Mecha is mostly concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 36 percent reside, Kisii County, where 27 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 49 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 29 percent reside and Colombia, where 14 percent reside.
Mecha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mecha has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,060 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mecha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mecha surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Mecha are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mecha earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 76.41% less than the national average, earning €7,084 per year; in Colombia they earn 61.44% less than the national average, earning $8,753,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 10.85% less than the national average, earning $38,468 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mecha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mecha in the Tibetan language | ||
| མེ་ཅ་ | mécha | - |
| Mecha in the Hindi language | ||
| मेचा | meca | - |
| Mecha in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଚ | emaca | 89.07 |
| େହା | eha | 5.87 |
| େହ | eha | 2.98 |
| େଭାଇ | ebha'i | 0.72 |
| Mecha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺸﺎ | msha | 62.5 |
| ﻣﺸﺎﺀ | msha | 37.5 |
| Mecha in the Bengali language | ||
| মেছা | mecha | 50 |
| মেচা | meca | 50 |
| Mecha in the Marathi language | ||
| मेचा | meca | 50 |
| मेच्छा | meccha | 25 |
| मेघा | megha | 25 |
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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 Mecha
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