Mechali

surname · Latin script

Mechali is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

  • FRFrance≈1 in 350Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 14M
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 250Kfew records

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈200 people, est.

Record sources
100 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 245K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where the surname Mechali is found

(measured from records)

Mechali counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mechali is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈200 est.≈1 in 347K21Mechali100
DZ Algeria≈190 est.≈1 in 245KlistedMechali3
US United States≈23 est.≈1 in 14Mlisted—3
EE Estonia——listed——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the dz-kaggle-names register; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Mechali is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Méchali

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria

    Also written Méchali

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Méchali

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

3 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Which countries have the most people with the surname Mechali?
Mondonomo estimates about 198 people named Mechali in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mechali. After it come Algeria and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Mechali?
Mondonomo estimates about 200 people in France have Mechali as their first surname, about 1 in 347 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mechali”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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