Where Does The Last Name Mechane Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Mechane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺸﻦ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Méchane. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mechane? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 3,957,383^rd most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Mechane are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 848,089^th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 121 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.

Mechane Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Mechane has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mechane last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.