Mecy Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Mecy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Mecy (1,299) may also be a first name.
Mecy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mecy is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mecy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,055,934th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Mecy live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mecy is also the 218,348th most common first name internationally, borne by 1,299 people.
Mecy is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Niger, where 27 percent are found, Kaduna, where 24 percent are found and Benue, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and Nicaragua, where 5 percent are found.
Mecy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mecy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mecy surname declined 86 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 Mecy
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