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 surname Meraba (Marathi: मेरबा, Oriya: େମରବା, Russian: Мераба) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meraba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 493,936th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Meraba live; 47 percent live in East Africa and 37 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Meraba is also the 653,740th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 193 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 147,070. In Kenya Meraba is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 76 percent live, Nyamira County, where 16 percent live and Nairobi County, where 3 percent live. Excluding Kenya Meraba exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and South Africa, where 9 percent live.
Meraba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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
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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 Meraba
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