Meerka Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Meerka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 124 | 1:436,917 | 37,311 |
Meerka (13) may also be a first name.
Meerka Demographics
Average Meerka Salary in
South Africa
R 57,588
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Meerka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meerka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meerka is found most in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meerka? popularity and diffusion
Meerka is the 1,620,164th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meerka reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 436,917. In South Africa Meerka is mostly concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 60 percent live, Western Cape, where 32 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent live.
Meerka Last Name Statistics demography
Meerka earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.77% less than the national average, earning R 57,588 per year.
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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 Meerka
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