Mekehal Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Mekehal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Mekehal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekehal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekehal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺤﻞ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekehal? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mekehal is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Mekehal is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekehal are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Mekehal is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Mauritania Mekehal is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekehal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekehal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﺤﻞ | mkhl | - |
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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 Mekehal
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