Mekia Surname
Approximately 10,472 people bear this surname
Mekia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 10,303 | 1:9,468 | 1,434 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Mekia (774) may also be a first name.
Mekia Demographics
Average Mekia Salary in
United States
$48,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mekia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekia is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mekia.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 49,170th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 695,908 people. The last name Mekia is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mekia reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mekia is also the 295,011th most widespread first name on earth, held by 774 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 10,303 people, or 1 in 9,468. Not including Ethiopia this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Mekia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mekia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mekia last name expanded 360 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mekia Last Name Statistics demography
Mekia earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.27% more than the national average, earning $48,875 USD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mekia
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