Mekah Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Mekah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Indonesia | 194 | 1:681,697 | 53,131 |
| Cameroon | 79 | 1:262,900 | 25,427 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mekah (148) may also be a first name.
Mekah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺎﻩ) is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 572,911th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name Mekah is predominantly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Mekah are found; 36 percent are found in West Asia and 36 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 757,758th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 148 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Aside from Saudi Arabia it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﺎﻩ | mkah | 50 |
| ﻣﻴﻜﺎﻩ | mykah | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﻜﺎﻩ | amkah | 16.67 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mekah
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