Mekel Surname
Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname
Mekel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 452 | 1:292,587 | 26,121 |
| Netherlands | 227 | 1:74,393 | 12,605 |
| Israel | 89 | 1:96,153 | 11,162 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Venezuela | 35 | 1:862,974 | 13,724 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
Mekel (1,019) may also be a first name.
Mekel Demographics
Mekel Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mekel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekel (Marathi: मॅकेल, Russian: Мекель) is most common in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mekel is the 303,968th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,844,062 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 49 percent of Mekel are found; 40 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 36 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 251,554th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 1,019 people.
The surname Mekel is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 452 people, or 1 in 292,587. In Indonesia Mekel is primarily concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 77 percent reside, Maluku, where 14 percent reside and West Java, where 2 percent reside. Not including Indonesia it occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 18 percent reside and Israel, where 7 percent reside.
Mekel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mekel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 258 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mekel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Mekel are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.
The amount Mekel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 31.77% less than the national average, earning R 162,132 per year and in United States they earn 24.62% more than the national average, earning $53,771 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekel in the Marathi language | ||
| मॅकेल | mekela | - |
| Mekel in the Russian language | ||
| Мекель | mekel | - |
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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 Mekel
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