Mekenzie Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mekenzie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mekenzie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Mekenzie (109) may also be a first name.

Mekenzie Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mekenzie Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mekenzie occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mekenzie? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,228,735th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. Mekenzie occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Mekenzie are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Mekenzie is also the 900,062nd most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 109 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 18 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and West Virginia, where 12 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent reside and South Africa, where 11 percent reside.

Mekenzie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mekenzie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mekenzie surname increased 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mekenzie Last Name Statistics demography

Mekenzie earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.43% less than the national average, earning $21,389 USD per year.

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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 Mekenzie
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