Meche Surname
Approximately 4,830 people bear this surname
Meche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,477 | 1:146,330 | 15,107 |
| Colombia | 557 | 1:85,770 | 3,355 |
| Cameroon | 540 | 1:38,461 | 5,142 |
| India | 452 | 1:1,697,047 | 61,414 |
| France | 256 | 1:259,464 | 40,012 |
| Romania | 133 | 1:150,961 | 15,970 |
| Brazil | 85 | 1:2,518,522 | 76,509 |
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Algeria | 64 | 1:603,618 | 39,274 |
| Lesotho | 24 | 1:84,690 | 10,225 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Peru | 16 | 1:1,986,508 | 25,077 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 72 | 1:697,482 | 45,119 |
The alternate forms: Mèche (13), Meché (2) & Mêche (1) are calculated separately.
Meche (4,105) may also be a first name.
Meche Demographics
Average Male Meche Height
174.57 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Meche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meche Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meche (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺶ, Marathi: मेचे, Oriya: େମେ) occurs most in The United States. It may appear as: Mèche, Meché or Mêche. For other possible spellings of Meche click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meche? popularity and diffusion
Meche is the 98,179th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,508,809 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Meche live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. Meche is also the 108,606th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 4,105 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 2,477 people, or 1 in 146,330. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Louisiana, where 79 percent are found, Texas, where 14 percent are found and California, where 1 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 48 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 12 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Meche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meche has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,440 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meche Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Meche surname are 20.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.59% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Meche earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 28.19% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,921 per year; in South Africa they earn 88.98% less than the national average, earning R 26,196 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.83% less than the national average, earning $15,703,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.09% less than the national average, earning $39,226 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.82% more than the national average, earning $53,569 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meche Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meche in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺶ | amsh | - |
| Meche in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେ | eme | - |
| Meche in the Marathi language | ||
| मेचे | mece | 98.27 |
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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 Meche
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