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 is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meselech? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,349th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 106,768 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meselech reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Meselech is also the 188,590th most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,667 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 68,255 people, or 1 in 1,429. Not including Ethiopia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis