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
The surname Micah (Arabic: ميخا) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Micah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Micah is the 30,236th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 412,588 people. The last name Micah occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Micah reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Micah is also the 12,493rd most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 79,091 people.
Micah is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14,346 people, or 1 in 12,348. In Nigeria Micah is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 19 percent live, Rivers, where 13 percent live and Bayelsa, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria Micah exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Malawi, where 5 percent live.
Micah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Micah has changed over time. In Wales the number of people who held the Micah last name rose 142 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Micah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Micah surname 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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