Meekley Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Meekley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meekley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:1,741,18971,393
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Meekley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meekley Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Meekley is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Meekley.

How Common Is The Last Name Meekley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Meekley are found; 82 percent are found in Northern Europe and 82 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 1,741,189. In England Meekley is primarily concentrated in: Cumbria, where 44 percent reside, Hampshire, where 38 percent reside and Surrey, where 6 percent reside. Other than England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Meekley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Meekley has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Meekley last name grew 119 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mekley9231/
Meekle925/
Meekly922/
Meckley862,029/
Miekley86359/
Meekler8633/
Meeklay8619/
Maekley862/
Meklley862/
Meekely861/
Meikley861/
Meekled861/
Meakley860/
Mekle83749/
Mekly8354/
Mieckley8014/
Moeckley803/
Mechkley801/
Mekelley801/
Meekhlay801/
Mecklley801/
Meikle7710,598/
Makley77424/
Mekled77387/
Meckle77348/
Mekloy77174/
Mikley77108/
Miekle7748/
Meckly7734/
Moekle7719/
Mekleš7717/
Meklyi777/
Meakle772/
Mekhle772/
Maekle772/
Meekla772/
Mokley771/
Mecley771/
Meklae771/
Meıkle771/
Meklei771/
Mykley771/
Meklay771/
Miekly771/
Muekle770/
Moekly770/
Meskelley750/
Mackley713,277/
Mickley712,100/
Mekelle711,614/
Moeckly71168/
Mockley7156/
Meeklai7156/
Meklych7139/
Meeclay7137/
Maeckle7126/
Mehekli7125/
Mekleus7123/
Meklysh7120/
Meickle7113/
Metkler7113/
Meskler717/
Meckled712/
Mekhler711/
Mekille711/
Mekliya711/
Moekcly711/
Mekelly711/
Mehklee711/
Meakleh711/
Mieklee711/
Mekhlet711/
Mecklay711/
Mayekle711/
Meakele711/
Mieklei711/
Mejkler711/
Meikele711/
Meiklee711/
Meikleh711/
Meekhla711/
Mekklee711/
Mieklay710/
Maeckly710/
Moeckle710/
Maukley710/
Maakley710/
Messkle710/
Moukley710/
Mokle673,590/
Mikle671,064/
Mekla67930/
Mekli67637/
Makle67555/
Mechelle6741/
Mykle6741/
Mecle6730/
Meycelle6718/
Mikly6713/
Mouckley679/
Mykly679/
Makehele679/
Meekhlai676/
Maekkhle674/
Meskelle672/
Meakeleh672/
Mecly672/
Maekelly671/
Mikelley671/
Meuckler671/
Meikleha671/
Mekhllet671/
Meekilla671/
Mokehele671/
Mekkhlee671/
Meskelly671/
Meskille671/
Mauckley670/
Meickler670/

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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 Meekley
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