Micah Surname
Approximately 17,663 people bear this surname
Micah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14,346 | 1:12,348 | 1,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 945 | 1:8,628 | 668 |
| Malawi | 915 | 1:18,709 | 2,930 |
| Kenya | 779 | 1:59,281 | 5,833 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Tanzania | 171 | 1:309,600 | 23,673 |
| Solomon Islands | 63 | 1:9,207 | 1,553 |
| Wales | 44 | 1:70,330 | 6,116 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 31 | 1:50,594 | 2,584 |
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Micah (79,091) may also be a first name.
Micah Demographics
Average Micah Salary in
England
£19,250
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Micah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Micah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Micah (Arabic: ميخا) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Micah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Micah is the 30,236th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 412,588 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Micah live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 12,493rd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 79,091 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14,346 people, or 1 in 12,348. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 19 percent are found, Rivers, where 13 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Malawi, where 5 percent are found.
Micah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Micah has changed through the years. In Wales the number of people who held the Micah last name increased 142 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Micah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
Micah earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 32.61% more than the national average, earning $65,885 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Micah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Micah in the Arabic language | ||
| ميخا | mykha | - |
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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 Micah
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