Mekides Surname
Approximately 24,148 people bear this surname
Mekides Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 24,147 | 1:4,040 | 656 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mekides (1,760) may also be a first name.
Mekides Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekides Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekides has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekides? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekides is the 22,500th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 301,787 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekides live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 182,508th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 1,760 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 24,147 people, or 1 in 4,040. Excluding Ethiopia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mekidese | 93 | 25 | / |
| Mekidesh | 93 | 3 | / |
| Mekhides | 93 | 2 | / |
| Mekidess | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mekedes | 86 | 14,494 | / |
| Mokides | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mikides | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mekedese | 80 | 2,737 | / |
| Mikkides | 80 | 40 | / |
| Makkides | 80 | 13 | / |
| Mekidech | 80 | 11 | / |
| Mekeddes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mekedess | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mezquides | 75 | 5 | / |
| Meichides | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makidis | 71 | 29 | / |
| Mikedes | 71 | 22 | / |
| Mecedes | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mekedis | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mokedes | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mekeideche | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mikidis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekkideche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekkidiche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokeddes | 67 | 314 | / |
| Mitkidis | 67 | 115 | / |
| Mokkedes | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mekeadis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maquides | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekedech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekeddis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mikidech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Migkidis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mechedes | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mekides
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