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 found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mekehal.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekehal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekehal is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekehal reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Mekehal is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside.
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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