Meerja Surname
Approximately 1,697 people bear this surname
Meerja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,640 | 1:467,723 | 23,944 |
| Mauritius | 44 | 1:29,396 | 5,731 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Meerja (1,555) may also be a first name.
Meerja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meerja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meerja (Hindi: मिर्जा) has its highest incidence in India. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meerja.
How Common Is The Last Name Meerja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 236,740th most frequently held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,294,370 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Meerja are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Meerja is also the 196,508th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 1,555 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 1,640 people, or 1 in 467,723. In India Meerja is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 61 percent live, Telangana, where 38 percent live and Goa, where 0 percent live. Outside of India this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 3 percent live and Estonia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meerja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meerja in the Hindi language | ||
| मिर्जा | mirja | 50 |
| मीर्जा | mirja | 25 |
| मीरजा | miraja | 25 |
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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 Meerja
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