Meksem Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Meksem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Meksem Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria4171:92,64214,130
France111:6,038,429280,838
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

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

Meksem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meksem occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Méksem. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meksem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 678,631st most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. Meksem occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Meksem are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 96 percent are found in Mahgreb.

Meksem is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 417 people, or 1 in 92,642. In Algeria Meksem is most prevalent in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 81 percent live, Béchar Province, where 16 percent live and Tissemsilt Province, where 1 percent live. Not including Algeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 3 percent live and Morocco, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Méksem941/
Mekssem921/
Mekcem83593/
Maksem83268/
Meksim836/
Moksem835/
Mexsem831/
Makszem77159/
Moeksim772/
Mekhzem771/
Makssem771/
Makhsem771/
Macksem771/
Moksheim7138/
Makssiem713/
Maksim672,360/
Megzem6730/
Moksim6717/
Maxeem676/
Mokcem673/
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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 Meksem
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