Mekele Surname
Approximately 1,708 people bear this surname
Mekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mekele (246) may also be a first name.
Mekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekele (Arabic: مكاله, Marathi: मेकेले, Oriya: େମେକେଲ, Russian: Мекеле) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 235,556th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,266,713 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mekele are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mekele is also the 569,299th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 246 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Outside of Ethiopia it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekele in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେକେଲ | emekela | - |
| Mekele in the Marathi language | ||
| मेकेले | mekele | - |
| Mekele in the Russian language | ||
| Мекеле | mekele | - |
| Mekele in the Arabic language | ||
| مكاله | mkalh | - |
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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 Mekele
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