Mekell Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Mekell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Mekell (79) may also be a first name.
Mekell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekell is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mekell.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekell? popularity and diffusion
Mekell is the 5,057,639th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Mekell reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Mekell is also the 1,083,225th most frequent given name on earth, held by 79 people.
This surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 8,436,519. In The Philippines Mekell is primarily concentrated in: Central Luzon, where 100 percent reside. Barring The Philippines it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Mekell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mekell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mekell surname fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mekell
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