Merab Forename
30,175th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 27,040 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Abkhazia
Merab Forename Definition:
Me'-rab, he that fights, he that multiplies. The eldest daughter of king Saul. 1 Sam. xiv. 49; xviii 17 19.
Merab Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 100% | 9,780 | 1:382 | 89 |
| Uganda | 100% | 6,974 | 1:5,873 | 687 |
| Pakistan | 95% | 4,233 | 1:45,915 | 2,701 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,394 | 1:19,343 | 1,911 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1,394 | 1:175 | 21 |
| India | 52% | 525 | 1:2,314,053 | 115,045 |
| Russia | 100% | 497 | 1:290,209 | 3,812 |
| Mexico | 99% | 222 | 1:559,209 | 5,976 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 210 | 1:845,545 | 22,363 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 156 | 1:343 | 87 |
| United States | 84% | 137 | 1:2,646,255 | 40,310 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 127 | 1:358,267 | 1,787 |
| Greece | 100% | 85 | 1:128,642 | 3,158 |
| Indonesia | - | 27 | 1:9,554,210 | 309,150 |
| Spain | 100% | 24 | 1:1,938,749 | 11,480 |
| Zambia | - | 23 | 1:689,339 | 13,581 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 20 | 1:887,342 | 10,070 |
| Brazil | 100% | 18 | 1:11,902,009 | 138,646 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Israel | 73% | 14 | 1:600,208 | 10,774 |
| Azerbaijan | 75% | 12 | 1:803,579 | 13,150 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Philippines | 83% | 9 | 1:11,778,831 | 158,973 |
| Belarus | 100% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Sweden | 57% | 9 | 1:1,095,323 | 21,139 |
| England | 75% | 8 | 1:6,950,365 | 56,418 |
| Canada | - | 7 | 1:4,733,339 | 48,640 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 6 | 1:96,826 | 5,869 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| France | - | 5 | 1:13,294,068 | 36,843 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Armenia | 75% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Germany | 50% | 4 | 1:24,169,469 | 59,466 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Belgium | - | 3 | 1:3,830,014 | 25,398 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1 | 1:54,532,649 | 471,300 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
Merab (770) may also be a surname.
Merab Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Me'-rab, he that fights, he that multiplies. The eldest daughter of king Saul. 1 Sam. xiv. 49; xviii 17 19.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: increasing.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Merab Forename Popularity
Merab Demographics
Merab Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 30 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Merab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merab in the Russian language | ||
| Мераб | merab | - |
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