Mekjavić Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Mekjavić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mekjavić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Mekjavic (1) are calculated separately.

Mekjavić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mekjavić is held by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Mekjavic. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mekjavić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mekjavić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Mekjavić is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 422,860. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 90 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Croatia Mekjavić occurs in one country. It is also found in Slovenia, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mekjavic961/
Mekjavich8242/
Meković8011/
Maeković751/
Makvić71134/
Međaković7162/
Mekvik7128/
Miković671,540/
Makivić67857/
Makević67572/
Muković67363/
Maković67160/
Moković6724/
McKavic6713/
Mekovic672/
Mikević671/
Maćović671/
Miskiavitch531/

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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 Mekjavić
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