Mekada Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Mekada Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 516 | 1:247,760 | 10,071 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Mekada Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekada Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekada (Marathi: मेकदा) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mekada.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekada? popularity and diffusion
It is the 598,302nd most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,014,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Mekada reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
The surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 516 people, or 1 in 247,760. In Japan it is primarily found in: Gifu Prefecture, where 39 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 26 percent live and Shiga Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Apart from Japan it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekada Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekada in the Marathi language | ||
| मेकदा | mekada | - |
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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 Mekada
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