Meskia Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Meskia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meskia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Meskia (64) may also be a first name.

Meskia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meskia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Meskia is most common in The DR Congo. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Meskia.

How Common Is The Last Name Meskia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,372,517th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Meskia are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 64 people.

This last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Other than The DR Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 2 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meskhia92977/
Meshkia921/
Maskia83243/
Miskia8314/
Mesqia831/
Meskya831/
Mezkia831/
Moskia831/
Meskio831/
Maskiah77508/
Meschia77381/
Miskiah77137/
Mesquia7750/
Miskias7749/
Meskhya772/
Mashkia771/
Mas'kia771/
Maskijah71165/
Mesquias7177/
Metskyay711/
Myskja6765/
Maskio6726/
Mizkia6715/
Miskio673/
Meçkja671/
Miskya671/
Moskya671/
Maskya671/

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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 Meskia
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