Mekke Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Mekke Surname User-submission:
Means 'Mecca' in Turkish.
Mekke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 87 | 1:194,105 | 27,180 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Mekkè (1) are calculated separately.
Mekke (774) may also be a first name.
Mekke Surname Meaning
Mekke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻪ, Russian: Мекке) is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Mekkè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekke? popularity and diffusion
Mekke is the 1,380,086th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Mekke occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Mekke are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 295,011th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 774 people.
The surname Mekke is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 194,105. In The Netherlands Mekke is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 34 percent are found, North Holland, where 28 percent are found and North Brabant, where 21 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 10 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 7 percent are found.
Mekke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mekke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mekke surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻪ | mkh | - |
| Mekke in the Russian language | ||
| Мекке | mekke | - |
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