Mechelen Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Mechelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 76 | 1:222,200 | 29,701 |
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Mechelen (17) may also be a first name.
Mechelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mechelen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechelen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mechelen is the 1,310,135th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Mechelen is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Mechelen live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. Mechelen is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.
Mechelen is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 222,200. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 30 percent are found, South Holland, where 21 percent are found and North Holland, where 16 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 33 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Mechelen
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