Mechai Surname
Approximately 822 people bear this surname
Mechai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 441 | 1:87,600 | 13,457 |
| Thailand | 204 | 1:346,266 | 60,105 |
| France | 134 | 1:495,692 | 69,430 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Hungary | 7 | 1:1,402,325 | 60,133 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Mechaï (8), Méchai (1) & Méchaï (1) are calculated separately.
Mechai (74) may also be a first name.
Mechai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mechai is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Mechaï, Méchai or Méchaï. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 421,746th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,865,628 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Mechai reside; 54 percent reside in North Africa and 54 percent reside in Mahgreb. Mechai is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 74 people.
The surname Mechai is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 441 people, or 1 in 87,600. In Algeria Mechai is most common in: Tipasa Province, where 36 percent are found, Souk Ahras Province, where 33 percent are found and Chlef Province, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Algeria it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 25 percent are found and France, where 16 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
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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 Mechai
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