Meches Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Meches Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 53 | 1:160,669 | 21,171 |
| Romania | 7 | 1:2,868,267 | 56,178 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Mecheș (31) & Mecheş (4) are calculated separately.
Meches Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meches Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meches (Russian: Мечес) is carried by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Mecheș or Mecheş. Click here for further possible spellings of Meches.
How Common Is The Last Name Meches? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,255,512th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Meches are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 160,669. In Austria Meches is most numerous in: Vienna, where 36 percent are found, Styria, where 34 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 30 percent are found. Not including Austria Meches occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 10 percent are found and Ukraine, where 6 percent are found.
Meches Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meches has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meches surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meches Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meches in the Russian language | ||
| Мечес | meces | - |
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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 Meches
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