Mezha Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Mezha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Mezha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mezha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mezha (Russian: Межа) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mezha.
How Common Is The Last Name Mezha? popularity and diffusion
Mezha is the 4,116,508th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Mezha is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Mezha are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 771,912. In Zimbabwe Mezha is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 50 percent are found, Harare Province, where 40 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 5 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 9 percent are found and Peru, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mezha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mezha in the Russian language | ||
| Межа | meza | - |
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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 Mezha
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