Meki Surname
Approximately 16,441 people bear this surname
Meki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,439 | 1:15,149 | 2,102 |
| Zimbabwe | 4,917 | 1:3,140 | 238 |
| Malawi | 1,098 | 1:15,591 | 2,441 |
| DR Congo | 711 | 1:103,909 | 11,552 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Zambia | 491 | 1:32,281 | 3,300 |
| Papua New Guinea | 373 | 1:21,860 | 2,350 |
| Kenya | 337 | 1:137,032 | 11,196 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| South Africa | 231 | 1:234,536 | 24,186 |
| Algeria | 186 | 1:207,697 | 24,412 |
| Tanzania | 158 | 1:335,074 | 25,051 |
| Indonesia | 130 | 1:1,017,301 | 74,410 |
| Mauritania | 94 | 1:43,562 | 3,285 |
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Turkey | 25 | 1:3,112,857 | 87,657 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Mēki (1) & Méki (1) are calculated separately.
Meki (9,879) may also be a first name.
Meki Demographics
Average Meki Salary in
United States
$35,338 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meki (Georgian: მეკი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻲ, Hindi: मेकी, Marathi: मेकी, Oriya: େମକି, Russian: Меки, Tibetan: མིག་སྐྱིད་) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Mēki or Méki. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meki.
How Common Is The Last Name Meki? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meki is the 32,392nd most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 443,254 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Meki reside; 42 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Meki is also the 61,744th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 9,879 people.
The surname Meki is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 6,439 people, or 1 in 15,149. Besides Ethiopia this last name occurs in 65 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent are found and Malawi, where 7 percent are found.
Meki Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Meki last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Meki earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 66.42% less than the national average, earning R 79,788 per year and in United States they earn 18.1% less than the national average, earning $35,338 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meki Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meki in the Georgian language | ||
| მეკი | meki | - |
| Meki in the Hindi language | ||
| मेकी | meki | 96.43 |
| मेक्ी | meki | 1.79 |
| मेकि | meki | 0.89 |
| Meki in the Oriya language | ||
| େମକି | emaki | 90.91 |
| େମକୀ | emaki | 9.09 |
| Meki in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻲ | mky | 77.78 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻜﻲ | almky | 8.33 |
| ﻣﻜﻰ | mky | 5.56 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻜﻰ | almky | 5.56 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻚ | almk | 2.78 |
| Meki in the Marathi language | ||
| मेकी | meki | 63.79 |
| मॅकी | meki | 36.21 |
| Meki in the Tibetan language | ||
| མིག་སྐྱིད་ | mikkyi | 50 |
| མི་སྐྱིད། | mikyi | 50 |
| Meki in the Russian language | ||
| Меки | meki | - |
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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 Meki
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