Mekir Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Mekir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 187 | 1:707,215 | 54,809 |
| India | 79 | 1:9,709,688 | 189,874 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Mekir (13) may also be a first name.
Mekir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekir is most common in Indonesia. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mekir.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 963,821st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Mekir live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Mekir is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 707,215. In Indonesia Mekir is primarily concentrated in: Bali, where 94 percent live, South Sumatra, where 4 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 2 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Mekir is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mekir
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