Mekuriaw Surname

49,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Mekuriaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mekuriaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia10,4641:9,3221,414
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Malta11:430,2723,380
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mekuriaw (5,670) may also be a first name.

Mekuriaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mekuriaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mekuriaw is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mekuriaw? popularity and diffusion

Mekuriaw is the 49,157th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 695,708 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekuriaw reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 88,831st most widely held forename on earth, borne by 5,670 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 10,464 people, or 1 in 9,322. Outside of Ethiopia Mekuriaw is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mekuriyaw941,771/
Mekuraw931/
Mekuryaw8817/
Mequriaw881/
Mekureyaw829/
Mequriyaw821/
Mukuriyaw821/
Makauraw751/
Megraw71322/
Mekoreyaw714/
Mecraw711/
Mugraw710/
Makaraw6725/
Makariw676/
Muccraw671/
Meghraw671/

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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 Mekuriaw
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