Meraba Surname
Approximately 669 people bear this surname
Meraba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 314 | 1:147,070 | 11,753 |
| Nigeria | 198 | 1:894,660 | 38,889 |
| South Africa | 62 | 1:873,834 | 57,209 |
| Lesotho | 58 | 1:35,044 | 6,291 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Meraba (193) may also be a first name.
Meraba Demographics
Average Meraba Salary in
South Africa
R 160,848
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Meraba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meraba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meraba (Marathi: मेरबा, Oriya: େମରବା, Russian: Мераба) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meraba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 493,936th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. Meraba occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Meraba reside; 47 percent reside in East Africa and 37 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 653,740th most frequent first name globally, borne by 193 people.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 147,070. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisii County, where 76 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 16 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 30 percent reside and South Africa, where 9 percent reside.
Meraba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Meraba last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Meraba earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.31% less than the national average, earning R 160,848 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meraba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meraba in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରବା | emaraba | 80 |
| େମରବ | emaraba | 20 |
| Meraba in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरबा | meraba | 50 |
| मेरवा | merava | 33.33 |
| मिरबा | miraba | 16.67 |
| Meraba in the Russian language | ||
| Мераба | meraba | - |
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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 Meraba
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