Mekhan Surname
Approximately 769 people bear this surname
Mekhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 540 | 1:64,855 | 2,320 |
| Thailand | 165 | 1:428,111 | 74,983 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Mekhan (226) may also be a first name.
Mekhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekhan (Hindi: मेखन, Marathi: मेखान, Russian: Механ) is carried by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mekhan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekhan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 444,080th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,476,653 people. The surname Mekhan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Mekhan are found; 70 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 598,137th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 226 people.
This last name is most frequent in Iraq, where it is borne by 540 people, or 1 in 64,855. Aside from Iraq Mekhan is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 21 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekhan in the Marathi language | ||
| मेखान | mekhana | 79.55 |
| मेखन | mekhana | 18.18 |
| हाण | hana | 2.27 |
| Mekhan in the Hindi language | ||
| मेखन | mekhana | 45.45 |
| मेखान | mekhana | 18.18 |
| मेखां | mekham | 18.18 |
| मिक्खन | mikkhana | 9.09 |
| एमएखान | ema'ekhana | 9.09 |
| Mekhan in the Russian language | ||
| Механ | mehan | - |
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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 Mekhan
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