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 found most in Egypt. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekey is the 1,115,011th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname Mekey is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Mekey live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 84 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 665,130th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 187 people.
The last name Mekey is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Aside from Egypt this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
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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