How common is the surname Mecca?

1,762 people in the United States had the surname Mecca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. It ranked 16,349th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mecca?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mecca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Mecca?

Mecca is /ˈmɛkə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mecca getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,762 in 2010, down 1.7%.

What are other spellings of Mecca?

Macca, Makka, Makkah and Mekka.

Is Mecca also a first name?

Yes. Mecca is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mecca

A surname, carried by 1,762 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɛkə/ 2 syllables Soundex M200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mecca is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

From Arabic مَكَّة (makka) of uncertain etymology. In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,762 people named Mecca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,792.

#16,349

rank among US surnames

1,762

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,099)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,343	Scheffer	1,763	175,125
#16,349	Mecca	1,762	175,224

Who is named Mecca

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Mecca identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Macca
Makka
Makkah
Mekka

Surnames that sound like Mecca

Mecca has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Questions

Where does the surname Mecca come from?: From Arabic مَكَّة (makka) of uncertain etymology. In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city.
How common is the surname Mecca?: 1,762 people in the United States had the surname Mecca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. It ranked 16,349th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mecca?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mecca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Mecca?: Mecca is /ˈmɛkə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Mecca getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,762 in 2010, down 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Mecca?: Macca, Makka, Makkah and Mekka.
Is Mecca also a first name?: Yes. Mecca is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.