Mekes Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Mekes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 350 | 1:48,249 | 8,255 |
| Hungary | 37 | 1:265,305 | 20,779 |
| Slovakia | 21 | 1:254,117 | 39,106 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Mekes (539) may also be a first name.
Mekes Demographics
Average Mekes Salary in
United States
$55,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mekes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekes (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺲ, Hindi: मेकेश) occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekes? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekes is the 645,032nd most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 15,505,417 people. The surname Mekes is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Mekes live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 363,109th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 539 people.
The last name Mekes is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 350 people, or 1 in 48,249. In The Netherlands Mekes is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 51 percent live, South Holland, where 26 percent live and Utrecht, where 9 percent live. Barring The Netherlands Mekes exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 8 percent live and Slovakia, where 4 percent live.
Mekes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mekes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 113 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mekes Last Name Statistics demography
Mekes earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.47% more than the national average, earning $55,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekes in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﺲ | mks | - |
| Mekes in the Hindi language | ||
| मेकेश | mekesa | - |
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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 Mekes
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