Meraf Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Meraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Meraf (1,746) may also be a first name.
Meraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meraf (Hindi: मेहराब) is most common in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Meraf.
How Common Is The Last Name Meraf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Meraf live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 183,395th most widely held first name globally It is held by 1,746 people.
This last name is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Outside of Ethiopia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meraf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meraf in the Hindi language | ||
| मेहराब | meharaba | 50 |
| मेराफ | merapha | 50 |
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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 Meraf
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