Mexia Surname

111,569th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Portugal

Mexia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mexia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico2,3651:52,4852,661
Portugal1,2361:8,429753
United States2761:1,313,25791,843
Philippines1201:843,65278,842
Spain581:806,07033,159
Greece371:299,45443,754
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
England71:7,959,723202,100
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
France51:13,284,544357,392
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Macau11:601,6301,582
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Mexía (15) & Méxia (1) are calculated separately.

Mexia (44) may also be a first name.

Mexia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mexia is held by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Mexía or Méxia. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mexia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 111,569th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,751,393 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Mexia live; 64 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Hispano-North America. Mexia is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 44 people.

This last name is most widespread in Mexico, where it is carried by 2,365 people, or 1 in 52,485. In Mexico Mexia is most common in: Sonora, where 42 percent are found, Sinaloa, where 29 percent are found and Baja California, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Mexico this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Mexia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mexia has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 3,943 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mexia Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mexia surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with the political party.

The amount Mexia earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 34.7% more than the national average, earning $30,580,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 2.94% less than the national average, earning $41,882 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mexía9315/
Méxia931/
Mexias91162/
Mesxia9128/
Meixia9121/
Mejia801,168,166/
Mesia805,685/
Maxia801,656/
Mezia8041/
Meçia8028/
Mixia8012/
Mesias7320,301/
Messia731,360/
Mescia73890/
Mesiha73414/
Mecija73361/
Meziat73342/
Mechia73250/
Meisya73206/
Mezias73120/
Mesiah73105/
Mejiaz7369/
Metsia7353/
Meijia7345/
Meshia7324/
Meizia7322/
Meziad7314/
Meesia7313/
Mmejia7310/
Mesiad7310/
Mejjia738/
Mejiaa737/
Measia736/
Mejiea734/
Medjia734/
Medsia734/
Mejiha733/
Mejiah733/
Micxia733/
Mesjia732/
Mezzia732/
Meajia732/
Maixia732/
Mixias732/
Mesiaz732/
Meysia731/
Mejija731/
Mekjia731/
Merzia731/
Meßias731/
Miezia731/
Mehsia731/
Mesiaa731/
Meziae731/
Mesgia730/
Messias67134,966/
Messiha672,107/
Mecchia671,185/
Messiah671,114/
Messiad67836/
Meschia67381/
Medjiah67215/
Mechiat6742/
Meisyah6727/
Meseiya6725/
Meshiea6715/
Mesaiya6711/
Meisiah677/
Measiah677/
Metchia676/
Mechias674/
Mezihad673/
Messiat673/
Medzhia672/
Meshiha672/
Mesieha672/
Messiaz672/
D'Mejia672/
Mesiaas672/
Metshia672/
Mieshia671/
Meeshia671/
Meihsia671/
Meijias671/
Meishia671/
Meisias671/
Mejajia671/
Mehdjia671/
Mesiàad671/
Mesiaph671/
Meesias671/
Mmechia671/
Mejhias671/
Mejiaaz671/
Mejihad671/
Megihap671/
Mesciaz671/
Mesiaah671/
Mesiasz671/
Mixieah671/
Mesiach671/
Mechiha671/
Meechia671/
Meissia671/
Meeziha671/
Meysias671/
Mezzias671/
Messiaa671/

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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 Mexia
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