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 occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mechie is the 1,422,956th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Mechie reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 290,153rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 796 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 34 percent are found, Kebbi, where 30 percent are found and Kwara, where 18 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent are found and Scotland, where 15 percent are found.
Mechie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mechie has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Mechie last name rose 575 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 47 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 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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