Meerga Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Meerga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Meerga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meerga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meerga is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meerga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meerga is the 4,116,508th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Meerga are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Meerga is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 4 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Meerga
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