Mejias Surname
Approximately 107,807 people bear this surname
Mejias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 56,244 | 1:537 | 102 |
| Spain | 13,342 | 1:3,504 | 419 |
| Chile | 9,312 | 1:1,892 | 357 |
| Cuba | 8,213 | 1:1,403 | 225 |
| Costa Rica | 5,976 | 1:800 | 171 |
| United States | 4,403 | 1:82,321 | 9,357 |
| Philippines | 3,786 | 1:26,740 | 3,684 |
| Argentina | 1,696 | 1:25,202 | 2,119 |
| Bolivia | 701 | 1:15,145 | 1,423 |
| Mexico | 694 | 1:178,856 | 5,111 |
| Dominican Republic | 693 | 1:15,055 | 1,092 |
| Peru | 626 | 1:50,773 | 4,300 |
| Puerto Rico | 480 | 1:7,396 | 428 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 292 | 1:4,671 | 763 |
| Brazil | 288 | 1:743,314 | 27,136 |
| Colombia | 149 | 1:320,631 | 5,905 |
| France | 144 | 1:461,269 | 65,815 |
| Ecuador | 131 | 1:121,419 | 6,611 |
| Iraq | 115 | 1:304,536 | 6,054 |
| Panama | 114 | 1:34,318 | 1,921 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Nicaragua | 33 | 1:182,457 | 2,426 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Andorra | 26 | 1:3,225 | 636 |
| Uruguay | 20 | 1:171,588 | 14,480 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| El Salvador | 10 | 1:634,389 | 3,243 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Mejías (340) are calculated separately.
Mejias (90) may also be a first name.
Mejias Demographics
Average Mejias Salary in
United States
$38,215 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mejias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mejias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mejias occurs in Venezuela more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Mejías. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mejias? popularity and diffusion
Mejias is the 5,263rd most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 67,598 people. Mejias is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Mejias are found; 64 percent are found in South America and 52 percent are found in Caribbean South America. It is also the 1,005,046th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 90 people.
The last name Mejias is most commonly used in Venezuela, where it is carried by 56,244 people, or 1 in 537. In Venezuela it is primarily found in: Miranda, where 12 percent live, Anzoátegui, where 12 percent live and Aragua, where 10 percent live. Other than Venezuela this last name exists in 71 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 12 percent live and Chile, where 9 percent live.
Mejias Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mejias has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mejias last name rose 33,869 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mejias Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Mejias last name are 42.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.15% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mejias earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 31.25% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,327 per year; in Colombia they earn 31.77% less than the national average, earning $15,489,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.43% less than the national average, earning $38,215 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.23% more than the national average, earning $56,751 CAD per year.
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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
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- 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
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