Mekuriaw Surname
Approximately 10,475 people bear this surname
Mekuriaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 10,464 | 1:9,322 | 1,414 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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.
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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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