Meerits Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Meerits Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 176 | 1:7,510 | 947 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Meerits Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meerits Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meerits is borne by more people in Estonia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meerits? popularity and diffusion
Meerits is the 1,194,481st most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname Meerits is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Meerits live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The surname Meerits is most prevalent in Estonia, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 7,510. Beside Estonia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merits | 92 | 205 | / |
| Mergits | 86 | 72 | / |
| Mesrits | 86 | 30 | / |
| Merrits | 86 | 19 | / |
| Meraits | 86 | 4 | / |
| Meritse | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meritts | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meieritsch | 82 | 7 | / |
| Merritts | 80 | 575 | / |
| Morits | 77 | 317 | / |
| Marits | 77 | 196 | / |
| Meritz | 77 | 119 | / |
| Merets | 77 | 28 | / |
| Mirits | 77 | 3 | / |
| Myrits | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meryts | 77 | 0 | / |
| Meritsova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Merritt's | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mourits | 71 | 872 | / |
| Maurits | 71 | 770 | / |
| Meiritz | 71 | 559 | / |
| Mieritz | 71 | 414 | / |
| Mesritz | 71 | 70 | / |
| Maieritsch | 71 | 49 | / |
| Meyritz | 71 | 46 | / |
| Mereuts | 71 | 29 | / |
| Maarits | 71 | 28 | / |
| Moeritz | 71 | 26 | / |
| Merritz | 71 | 25 | / |
| Marrits | 71 | 16 | / |
| Meretse | 71 | 13 | / |
| Maeritz | 71 | 9 | / |
| Morrits | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mariets | 71 | 6 | / |
| Moritts | 71 | 5 | / |
| Merisci | 71 | 3 | / |
| Moraits | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merrets | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mairits | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maritsh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meerich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moriets | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meriotz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mergets | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meheriz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meretts | 71 | 0 | / |
| Merrics | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mayrits | 71 | 0 | / |
| Meriç | 67 | 19,576 | / |
| Meric | 67 | 2,988 | / |
| Meriz | 67 | 311 | / |
| Moritsch | 67 | 305 | / |
| Maritsch | 67 | 270 | / |
| Merić | 67 | 139 | / |
| Mauritsz | 67 | 75 | / |
| Miritsch | 67 | 26 | / |
| Merič | 67 | 21 | / |
| Majorits | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mauritsh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Meherich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mergetts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merritch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merretts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Merrittz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Meyerich | 67 | 0 | / |
| Merreitz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Morritts | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Meerits
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