Mechal Surname
Approximately 8,567 people bear this surname
Mechal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 8,371 | 1:11,653 | 1,726 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mechal (3,708) may also be a first name.
Mechal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mechal (Hindi: मेचल, Marathi: मेचल, Oriya: େମଛଲ) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mechal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 58,919th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 850,653 people. Mechal occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mechal reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mechal is also the 115,757th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 3,708 people.
The last name is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 8,371 people, or 1 in 11,653. Outside of Ethiopia this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 2 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mechal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mechal in the Marathi language | ||
| मेचल | mecala | - |
| Mechal in the Hindi language | ||
| मेचल | mecala | 66.67 |
| मेछला | mechala | 33.33 |
| Mechal in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଛଲ | emachala | 50 |
| େମଚଲ | emacala | 50 |
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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 Mechal
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