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
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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 in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meshach? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 298,559th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 5,715,722 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Meshach reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meshach is also the 67,623rd most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 8,627 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,090 people, or 1 in 162,516. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 16 percent are found, Rivers, where 9 percent are found and Adamawa, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Meshach Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meshach last name are 31.8% more likely to be registered Republicans 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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