Meselech Surname
Approximately 68,256 people bear this surname
Meselech Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 68,255 | 1:1,429 | 256 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meselech (1,667) may also be a first name.
Meselech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meselech Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meselech has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meselech? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,349th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 106,768 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meselech reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 188,590th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 1,667 people.
Meselech is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 68,255 people, or 1 in 1,429. Beside Ethiopia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Meselech
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