Meikie Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Meikie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Meikie (1,133) may also be a first name.
Meikie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meikie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meikie is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meikie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meikie is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Meikie occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Meikie reside; 25 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 236,561st most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 1,133 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Meikie is most numerous in: West Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Meikie occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 percent reside.
Meikie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meikie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meikie surname fell 50 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 Meikie
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