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 occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meikie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Meikie are found; 25 percent are found in Central Africa and 25 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 236,561st most prevalent given name globally, held by 1,133 people.
The last name Meikie is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most common in: West Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 percent reside.
Meikie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meikie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Meikie 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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