Modecai Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Modecai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Modecai (519) may also be a first name.
Modecai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Modecai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Modecai is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Modecai? popularity and diffusion
Modecai is the 3,323,005th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Modecai reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 370,800th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 519 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Modecai is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 69 percent are found, Abia, where 19 percent are found and Kogi, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Modecai
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