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 surname Meches (Russian: Мечес) occurs more in Austria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Mecheș or Mecheş. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meches? popularity and diffusion
Meches is the 2,255,512th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Meches are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Meches is most frequently held in Austria, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 160,669. In Austria Meches is most frequent in: Vienna, where 36 percent are found, Styria, where 34 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 30 percent are found. Aside from Austria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 10 percent are found and Ukraine, where 6 percent are found.
Meches Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meches has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meches surname increased 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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- 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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