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
The last name Mekel (Marathi: मॅकेल, Russian: Мекель) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 303,968th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,844,062 people. The last name Mekel occurs mostly 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 numerous given name internationally, borne by 1,019 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 452 people, or 1 in 292,587. In Indonesia Mekel is most frequent in: North Sulawesi, where 77 percent reside, Maluku, where 14 percent reside and West Java, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists 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 over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 258 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mekel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Mekel last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the 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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