Mekey Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Mekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Mekey (187) may also be a first name.
Mekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekey (Russian: Мекей) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekey? popularity and diffusion
Mekey is the 1,115,011th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name Mekey is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Mekey are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Mekey is also the 665,130th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 187 people.
The last name Mekey is most widely held in Egypt, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Apart from Egypt it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekey in the Russian language | ||
| Мекей | mekej | - |
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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 Mekey
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