Meekes Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Meekes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 310 | 1:54,475 | 9,365 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 136 | 1:369,255 | 27,873 |
Meekes Demographics
Meekes Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Meekes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meekes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meekes is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meekes? popularity and diffusion
Meekes is the 714,947th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Meekes reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 54,475. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Gelderland, where 68 percent are found, Overijssel, where 10 percent are found and Utrecht, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Meekes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meekes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 70 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meekes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Anglican (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Meekes last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Meekes earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.38% less than the national average, earning $37,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.33% less than the national average, earning $47,035 CAD per year.
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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
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- 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 Meekes
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