Meque Surname
Approximately 36,598 people bear this surname
Meque Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 36,461 | 1:748 | 169 |
| Brazil | 61 | 1:3,509,415 | 98,831 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 1:603,062 | 7,396 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
The alternate forms: Mequè (1) are calculated separately.
Meque (5,790) may also be a first name.
Meque Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meque Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meque (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻚ) occurs more in Mozambique more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Mequè. For other potential spellings of Meque click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meque? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meque is the 15,220th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 199,124 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meque are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 87,685th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 5,790 people.
It is most widely held in Mozambique, where it is carried by 36,461 people, or 1 in 748. Excluding Mozambique Meque occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
Meque Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meque has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meque Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meque in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻚ | mk | - |
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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
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- 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 Meque
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