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
Meikie is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meikie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Meikie live; 25 percent live in Central Africa and 25 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 236,561st most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,133 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Meikie is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 25 percent are found.
Meikie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meikie has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 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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