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
The last name Mechia occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,014,722nd most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Mechia live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 85 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 130,623. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 64 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 16 percent are found and Centre Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent are found and France, where 12 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 Mechia
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