Mechay Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Mechay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 30 | 1:316,702 | 34,864 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Mechay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mechay (Russian: Мечай, Tibetan: མེ་ཅེས།) is borne by more people in Belarus than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,718,172nd most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. Mechay occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Mechay are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Belarus, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 316,702. In Belarus it is primarily concentrated in: Minsk Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Belarus it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 31 percent live and Algeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mechay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mechay in the Tibetan language | ||
| མེ་ཅེས། | méché | - |
| Mechay in the Russian language | ||
| Мечай | mecaj | - |
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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 Mechay
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