Meri Forename
4,660th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 224,909 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
South Ossetia
Meri Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 75,345 | 1:16,124 | 2,262 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 52,287 | 1:4,934 | 584 |
| Georgia | 100% | 16,523 | 1:226 | 37 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13,891 | 1:13,992 | 1,331 |
| Armenia | 100% | 8,131 | 1:359 | 76 |
| Niger | 97% | 7,519 | 1:2,551 | 369 |
| Russia | 99% | 6,113 | 1:23,595 | 598 |
| United States | 100% | 5,205 | 1:69,652 | 3,502 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,784 | 1:46,925 | 3,502 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,710 | 1:57,746 | 3,914 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,658 | 1:59,993 | 4,878 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 2,490 | 1:3,274 | 360 |
| Finland | 100% | 2,366 | 1:2,317 | 387 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,200 | 1:14,451 | 1,363 |
| Italy | 100% | 2,086 | 1:29,272 | 1,044 |
| Uganda | 70% | 1,808 | 1:22,653 | 1,776 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,641 | 1:2,570 | 385 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 1,308 | 1:56,443 | 3,537 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,156 | 1:84,395 | 6,393 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,033 | 1:10,238 | 1,382 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 946 | 1:257 | 60 |
| Ecuador | - | 929 | 1:19,082 | 1,136 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 895 | 1:2,336 | 460 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 677 | 1:10,326 | 1,019 |
| Colombia | 100% | 659 | 1:72,502 | 2,743 |
| Morocco | - | 573 | 1:59,945 | 2,327 |
| Albania | 99% | 550 | 1:5,539 | 1,045 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 500 | 1:60,404 | 3,311 |
| Fiji | - | 403 | 1:2,214 | 616 |
| Japan | 100% | 378 | 1:338,587 | 9,132 |
| Turkey | 84% | 338 | 1:230,183 | 4,778 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 318 | 1:55,808 | 2,160 |
| Nepal | 98% | 302 | 1:94,329 | 5,367 |
| Philippines | 96% | 282 | 1:375,920 | 13,761 |
| Belarus | 97% | 269 | 1:35,250 | 509 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 257 | 1:208 | 45 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 233 | 1:132,131 | 3,534 |
| Spain | 100% | 224 | 1:207,723 | 4,147 |
| Argentina | 96% | 222 | 1:192,672 | 2,435 |
| Thailand | 100% | 217 | 1:322,884 | 17,747 |
| Germany | 95% | 214 | 1:451,766 | 4,994 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 199 | 1:12,356 | 1,008 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 192 | 1:158,593 | 9,786 |
| Mexico | 97% | 192 | 1:646,586 | 6,441 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 185 | 1:56,385 | 3,594 |
| Ivory Coast | 89% | 178 | 1:129,640 | 7,336 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 177 | 1:54,480 | 3,262 |
| Sweden | 100% | 175 | 1:56,331 | 2,863 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 164 | 1:112,070 | 5,884 |
| Canada | 100% | 160 | 1:207,084 | 7,801 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 152 | 1:39,298 | 3,868 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 139 | 1:121,598 | 5,762 |
| Australia | - | 136 | 1:100,424 | 3,607 |
| Greece | 100% | 132 | 1:82,837 | 2,409 |
| Egypt | 100% | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Honduras | 100% | 126 | 1:69,980 | 2,692 |
| Chile | 90% | 115 | 1:153,106 | 3,191 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 114 | 1:92,995 | 2,453 |
| England | 99% | 106 | 1:524,556 | 10,965 |
| Tanzania | 82% | 95 | 1:555,667 | 15,115 |
| New Zealand | - | 91 | 1:49,847 | 2,713 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 81 | 1:88,296 | 7,308 |
| Estonia | 100% | 80 | 1:16,442 | 1,528 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 62 | 1:259,813 | 3,354 |
| Turkmenistan | 75% | 60 | 1:91,214 | 1,049 |
| Latvia | 90% | 56 | 1:35,994 | 1,204 |
| Cameroon | 71% | 54 | 1:400,194 | 13,854 |
| France | 100% | 52 | 1:1,278,276 | 9,037 |
| South Africa | 86% | 46 | 1:1,185,492 | 42,690 |
| Belgium | 90% | 42 | 1:273,572 | 5,773 |
| Serbia | 100% | 41 | 1:174,286 | 3,391 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 41 | 1:200,329 | 4,666 |
| Taiwan | - | 39 | 1:609,479 | 30,796 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 37 | 1:92,639 | 2,495 |
| Moldova | - | 33 | 1:107,913 | 1,283 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 31 | 1:20,470 | 1,523 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Romania | 100% | 28 | 1:716,142 | 19,534 |
| Nicaragua | 94% | 24 | 1:250,764 | 5,796 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Norway | 100% | 23 | 1:223,145 | 5,396 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 23 | 1:20,680 | 490 |
| Zimbabwe | 78% | 21 | 1:734,467 | 28,972 |
| Andorra | - | 20 | 1:4,144 | 399 |
| Paraguay | 94% | 20 | 1:361,840 | 4,257 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Austria | 100% | 18 | 1:473,011 | 4,571 |
| El Salvador | - | 17 | 1:373,046 | 3,886 |
| Kosovo | - | 16 | 1:116,340 | 5,962 |
| Kenya | - | 15 | 1:3,087,141 | 21,962 |
| Panama | 100% | 15 | 1:260,437 | 9,109 |
| Mauritania | 78% | 14 | 1:292,517 | 7,461 |
| Wales | 100% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Czechia | 100% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,808,148 | 22,232 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Singapore | 100% | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 7 | 1:82,994 | 4,768 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 6 | 1:587,410 | 5,040 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Méri (48), Mèri (8) & Merí (1) are calculated separately.
Meri (25,054) may also be a surname.
Meri Forename Popularity
Meri Demographics
Meri Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,085 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Meri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meri in the Russian language | ||
| Мэри | meri | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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 Meri