Meshach Surname
Approximately 1,275 people bear this surname
Meshach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,090 | 1:162,516 | 10,175 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Israel | 23 | 1:372,071 | 30,321 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Meshach (8,627) may also be a first name.
Meshach Demographics
Average Meshach Salary in
United States
$42,457 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meshach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meshach Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meshach (Arabic: مشيخ, Marathi: मेशाच) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meshach? popularity and diffusion
Meshach is the 298,559th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,715,722 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Meshach live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 67,623rd most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 8,627 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,090 people, or 1 in 162,516. In Nigeria Meshach is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 16 percent live, Rivers, where 9 percent live and Adamawa, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Meshach Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meshach last name are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.57% registered to vote for the party.
Meshach earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $42,457 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meshach Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meshach in the Marathi language | ||
| मेशाच | mesaca | 50 |
| मेशाक | mesaka | 50 |
| Meshach in the Arabic language | ||
| مشيخ | mshykh | - |
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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 Meshach
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