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 surname Meichi is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meichi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 397,537th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,225,221 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Meichi are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 136,148th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 2,858 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 879 people, or 1 in 145,443. In Japan it is most frequent in: Gifu Prefecture, where 25 percent live, Chiba Prefecture, where 22 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent live. Barring Japan this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and Taiwan, where 0 percent live.
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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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