Mechie Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Mechie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:232,775 | 11,829 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 43 | 1:87,052 | 4,622 |
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Mechie (796) may also be a first name.
Mechie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mechie is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mechie is the 1,422,956th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Mechie live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mechie is also the 290,153rd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 796 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Mechie is most common in: Enugu, where 34 percent reside, Kebbi, where 30 percent reside and Kwara, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent reside and Scotland, where 15 percent reside.
Mechie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mechie has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Mechie last name increased 575 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 47 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 56 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Mechie
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