Mecu Surname
Approximately 659 people bear this surname
Mecu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 403 | 1:49,821 | 6,158 |
| Turkey | 242 | 1:321,576 | 20,734 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Meçu (2) & Mecü (1) are calculated separately.
Mecu (72) may also be a first name.
Mecu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mecu is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Meçu or Mecü. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecu? popularity and diffusion
Mecu is the 499,597th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,058,492 people. Mecu is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Mecu live; 61 percent live in Eastern Europe and 61 percent live in Romanian Europe. Mecu is also the 1,143,416th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 72 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Romania, where it is carried by 403 people, or 1 in 49,821. In Romania it is most common in: Tulcea County, where 28 percent are found, Vâlcea County, where 21 percent are found and Argeș County, where 19 percent are found. Beside Romania this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 0 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
- 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 Mecu
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