Mekri Surname
Approximately 2,618 people bear this surname
Mekri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,187 | 1:17,664 | 3,235 |
| Yemen | 344 | 1:76,818 | 5,196 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Mekri (2,875) may also be a first name.
Mekri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mekri occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 165,459th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,783,631 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Mekri reside; 84 percent reside in North Africa and 84 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 135,615th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 2,875 people.
The last name Mekri is most widely held in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,187 people, or 1 in 17,664. In Algeria Mekri is mostly found in: Constantine Province, where 49 percent live, Tipasa Province, where 13 percent live and Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Algeria it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, 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 Mekri
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