Meichi Surname
Approximately 886 people bear this surname
Meichi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 879 | 1:145,443 | 7,498 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Meichi (2,858) may also be a first name.
Meichi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meichi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meichi occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meichi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 397,537th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,225,221 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Meichi reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 136,148th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 2,858 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 879 people, or 1 in 145,443. In Japan it is most numerous in: Gifu Prefecture, where 25 percent reside, Chiba Prefecture, where 22 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Japan it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent reside and Taiwan, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Meichi
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