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) occurs most in Egypt. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekey is the 1,115,011th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name Mekey occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Mekey reside; 84 percent reside in North Africa and 84 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Mekey is also the 665,130th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 187 people.
This last name is most widely held in Egypt, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Outside of Egypt Mekey exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 7 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.
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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