Mechter Surname
Approximately 1,165 people bear this surname
Mechter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,149 | 1:33,622 | 6,130 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mechter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mechter occurs most in Algeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 320,709th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,255,404 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mechter reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Mahgreb.
Mechter is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,149 people, or 1 in 33,622. In Algeria Mechter is most common in: Jijel Province, where 88 percent are found, Sétif Province, where 12 percent are found and Boumerdès Province, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Algeria Mechter exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 0 percent are found and Israel, where 0 percent are found.
Mechter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mechter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mechter surname grew 400 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 Mechter
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