Meka Surname
Approximately 52,415 people bear this surname
Meka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22,317 | 1:34,371 | 2,490 |
| Ethiopia | 16,259 | 1:6,000 | 955 |
| Cameroon | 5,158 | 1:4,027 | 480 |
| Nigeria | 1,816 | 1:97,546 | 6,666 |
| Indonesia | 1,458 | 1:90,706 | 9,501 |
| DR Congo | 1,012 | 1:73,004 | 8,523 |
| United States | 795 | 1:455,923 | 38,976 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Albania | 445 | 1:6,548 | 1,255 |
| Oman | 397 | 1:9,290 | 1,244 |
| Papua New Guinea | 367 | 1:22,217 | 2,408 |
| Poland | 148 | 1:256,816 | 32,128 |
| Benin | 144 | 1:71,775 | 8,650 |
| Kazakhstan | 138 | 1:128,134 | 13,361 |
| Kosovo | 138 | 1:13,492 | 1,866 |
| Mauritania | 129 | 1:31,743 | 2,595 |
| Australia | 111 | 1:243,205 | 22,593 |
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| Russia | 73 | 1:1,974,288 | 123,658 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| Malaysia | 53 | 1:556,495 | 27,316 |
| Ivory Coast | 51 | 1:452,377 | 14,862 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Solomon Islands | 28 | 1:20,715 | 4,044 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 1:1,686,026 | 128,013 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Greece | 20 | 1:553,990 | 69,165 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Meká (8), Méka (1) & Měká (1) are calculated separately.
Meka (122,937) may also be a first name.
Meka Demographics
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Meka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meka (Georgian: მეკა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻪ, Hindi: मेका, Marathi: मेका, Oriya: େମକା, Russian: Мека) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Meká, Méka or Měká. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,728th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 139,036 people. The last name Meka occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Meka are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 43 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Meka is also the 8,418th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 122,937 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 22,317 people, or 1 in 34,371. In India Meka is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 80 percent live, Telangana, where 15 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 2 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in 92 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 31 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
Meka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meka last name expanded 3,457 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Meka last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Meka surname are 1.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.48% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Meka earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 23.83% more than the national average, earning R 294,264 per year; in United States they earn 9.76% more than the national average, earning $47,360 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.85% less than the national average, earning $42,803 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meka in the Georgian language | ||
| მეკა | meka | - |
| Meka in the Marathi language | ||
| मेका | meka | 99.39 |
| मॅका | meka | 0.61 |
| Meka in the Oriya language | ||
| େମକା | emaka | 97.73 |
| େମକ | emaka | 1.14 |
| Meka in the Hindi language | ||
| मेका | meka | 95.56 |
| मैका | maika | 2.96 |
| मॅका | meka | 0.74 |
| मेक | meka | 0.74 |
| Meka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻪ | mkh | 77.27 |
| ﻣﻜﺎ | mka | 6.82 |
| ﻣﻚ | mk | 6.82 |
| ﺍﻣﻚ | amk | 2.27 |
| ﻣﻜﺔ | mkt | 2.27 |
| ﻣﻴﻜﺎ | myka | 2.27 |
| ﻣﻜﻲ | mky | 2.27 |
| Meka in the Russian language | ||
| Мека | meka | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Meka
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