Mechede Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Mechede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Mechede (52) may also be a first name.
Mechede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mechede is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechede? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mechede is the 2,689,253rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mechede reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 52 people.
Mechede is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 224,687. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 35 percent live, Atakora Department, where 30 percent live and Littoral Department, where 20 percent live. Not including Benin this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Ethiopia, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mechede
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