Meera Surname
Approximately 6,670 people bear this surname
Meera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,347 | 1:229,180 | 13,464 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,169 | 1:17,800 | 2,457 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Philippines | 350 | 1:289,252 | 41,552 |
| Malaysia | 262 | 1:112,573 | 7,518 |
| United Arab Emirates | 256 | 1:35,790 | 3,775 |
| Pakistan | 195 | 1:916,122 | 12,378 |
| Qatar | 137 | 1:17,212 | 1,876 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Meera (395,855) may also be a first name.
Meera Demographics
Meera Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Meera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meera (Bengali: মীরা, Hindi: मीरा, Marathi: मेाम, Oriya: ମୀରା, Tibetan: མི་ར་) is found most in India. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meera? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 73,749th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,092,586 people. Meera occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Meera live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Meera is also the 2,613th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 395,855 people.
The last name Meera is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 3,347 people, or 1 in 229,180. In India Meera is primarily found in: Telangana, where 33 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 32 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 7 percent reside. Barring India this last name occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 18 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent reside.
Meera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Meera last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Meera surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Meera earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 8.13% more than the national average, earning R 256,968 per year; in United States they earn 20.69% more than the national average, earning $52,078 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.89% less than the national average, earning $31,354 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meera in the Bengali language | ||
| মীরা | mira | - |
| Meera in the Hindi language | ||
| मीरा | mira | 95.24 |
| मीरां | miram | 4.11 |
| मिरा | mira | 0.52 |
| मरा | mara | 0 |
| तीरा | tira | 0 |
| मीरा़ | mira | 0 |
| ़मीरा | mira | 0 |
| म्ीरा | mira | 0 |
| मीर | mira | 0 |
| Meera in the Tibetan language | ||
| མི་ར་ | mira | 90.2 |
| མི་ར | mira | 3.92 |
| མི་ན་ | mina | 1.96 |
| མ་ི་ར་ | mara | 1.96 |
| མིར་ | mir | 1.96 |
| Meera in the Marathi language | ||
| मेाम | meama | 88.05 |
| शेषेराव | seserava | 4.2 |
| मेहेर | mehera | 1.55 |
| मॆऎर | me'era | 0.22 |
| मेर | mera | 0.22 |
| Meera in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୀରା | mira | 72.27 |
| ମିରା | mira | 22.04 |
| େବେହରା | ebehara | 3.55 |
| ମୀର | mira | 0.24 |
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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
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- 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 Meera
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