Mekie Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Mekie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 135 | 1:153,845 | 16,852 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mekie (622) may also be a first name.
Mekie Demographics
Average Mekie Salary in
South Africa
R 88,956
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mekie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekie is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mekie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 928,396th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname Mekie is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Mekie live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mekie is also the 334,261st most numerous forename internationally, held by 622 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 153,845. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 47 percent live, Southwest Region, where 46 percent live and South Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 10 percent live and Ethiopia, where 9 percent live.
Mekie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mekie has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mekie Last Name Statistics demography
Mekie earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.57% less than the national average, earning R 88,956 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 Mekie
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