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 more frequently found in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mekah.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 572,911th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. The surname Mekah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Mekah reside; 36 percent reside in West Asia and 36 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Mekah is also the 757,758th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 148 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Beside Saudi Arabia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Mekah
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