Mekham Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Mekham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mekham (44) may also be a first name.
Mekham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekham Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekham (Hindi: मेखम, Marathi: मेखाम, Tibetan: མེ་ཁམས) has its highest incidence in India. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekham? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,882,912th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. Mekham occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Mekham live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Mekham is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 9,024,299. In India Mekham is primarily concentrated in: Manipur, where 87 percent reside, Telangana, where 8 percent reside and Gujarat, where 4 percent reside. Not including India Mekham is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Mekham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mekham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mekham last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekham Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekham in the Tibetan language | ||
| མེ་ཁམས | mékham | - |
| Mekham in the Hindi language | ||
| मेखम | mekhama | - |
| Mekham in the Marathi language | ||
| मेखाम | mekhama | - |
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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 Mekham
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