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 last name Meikie is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Meikie.
How Common Is The Last Name Meikie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meikie is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 common forename globally, held by 1,133 people.
The surname Meikie is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Meikie is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 percent live.
Meikie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meikie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meikie last name decreased 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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