Mečava Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Mečava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mečava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Mećava (165) & Mecava (67) are calculated separately.

Mečava Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mečava is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Mećava or Mecava. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mečava? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mečava is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mečava live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Croatia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,114,302. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 50 percent are found and Sisak-Moslavina County, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Croatia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mećava94165/
Mecava9467/
Mečeva8368/
Mečova8328/
Mesava8312/
Miezava778/
Mesavat775/
Mezaeva772/
Metčeva771/
Meshava771/
Metsaeva7135/
Metsavas7122/
Mezhaeva7116/
Meshavat713/
Meesavat712/
Meesavas711/
Meesavad711/
Medzaeva711/
Mazova67963/
Mesawa67811/
Mizeva67604/
Mazava67137/
Myzeva6789/
Mezeva6789/
Mezova6786/
Mazeva6785/
Metsavaht6731/
Mesaba6721/
Mesova6714/
Misava6714/
Mičova6711/
Mičeva6710/
Mićeva678/
Mačeva676/
Mecova675/
Mizava673/
Mecavo671/
Mexova671/
Mezaba671/
Metsavath671/
Mezawa671/
Mozeva670/

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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 Mečava
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