Mechia Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Mechia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 159 | 1:130,623 | 14,745 |
| Brazil | 43 | 1:4,978,473 | 128,213 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Mechia (85) may also be a first name.
Mechia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mechia occurs most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mechia.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mechia is the 1,014,722nd most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. Mechia is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Mechia are found; 60 percent are found in Central Africa and 59 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mechia is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 85 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 130,623. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 64 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 16 percent reside and Centre Region, where 10 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and France, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Mechia
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