Mekit Surname

267,533rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Mekit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mekit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,4491:67,3206,648
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Mekit (4,079) may also be a first name.

Mekit Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mekit Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mekit (Russian: Мэкит) is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mekit? popularity and diffusion

Mekit is the 267,533rd most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,991,470 people. The last name Mekit is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mekit live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 109,035th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 4,079 people.

It is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Other than Ethiopia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mekkit91294/
Mezkit9151/
Mekitt9113/
Meekit916/
Moekit913/
Mekait911/
Maekit911/
Mekiet911/
Mekite911/
Mekhit911/
Measkit834/
Meskite834/
Mekaite833/
Metkite831/
Mekhith831/
Mekaitė831/
Mekheit831/
Meket802,752/
Mecit802,526/
Mekid801,668/
Mokit80847/
Mikit80185/
Makit8091/
Mökit801/
Meskaite777/
Meshkite775/
Meškaitė771/
Mekete7318,239/
Mekkid73836/
Mokoit73184/
Mikite73113/
Mekhid73102/
Makait7361/
Mitkit7357/
Mikkit7348/
Makiet7343/
Mokait7326/
Mokhit7323/
Makkit7317/
Maikit7314/
Mequit7312/
Makeit7310/
Makhit735/
Meeket735/
Mohkit734/
Moikit734/
Mikhit734/
Mokith733/
Mikiet732/
Mekaid732/
Moeket732/
Mikeit732/
Mekyte732/
Mekket731/
Mekhet731/
Mikait731/
Makith731/
Mokitt731/
Mikith731/
Makoit731/
Mechit731/
Mekett730/
Mekhitova713/
Miskite67217/
Mahakit6786/
Mesquit6784/
Mikaits6778/
Mackoit6759/
Mishkit6739/
Makkhit6728/
MacKiet6711/
Miskith6710/
Meskyte679/
Mikaite677/
Makieth677/
Mhekete676/
Meechit675/
Miskait674/
Mackitt673/
Mezqite672/
Makhait672/
Mecketh672/
Makhith671/
Mykaits671/
Meakhid671/
Mekkhet671/
Mehchit671/
Mikkeit671/
Mikaitė671/
Mekkaid671/
Meškytė671/
Miskuit671/
Mikhite671/
Mikkiet671/
Ma'akit671/
Makeith670/
Mequist670/

Mekit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mekit in the Russian language
Мэкитmekit-

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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 Mekit
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