Mekayi Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Mekayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mekayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekayi is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mekayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Mekayi is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Mekayi live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,118,835. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 60 percent are found, Hamadan Province, where 7 percent are found and Isfahan Province, where 7 percent are found. Other than Iran it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 5 percent are found and The Congo, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Mekayi
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