Merai Surname
Approximately 2,888 people bear this surname
Merai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,045 | 1:734,034 | 33,639 |
| Pakistan | 831 | 1:214,975 | 5,119 |
| Algeria | 143 | 1:270,151 | 27,863 |
| United States | 118 | 1:3,071,686 | 178,560 |
| Romania | 89 | 1:225,594 | 21,877 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| New Zealand | 49 | 1:92,415 | 12,718 |
| Afghanistan | 47 | 1:684,110 | 7,621 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43 | 1:213,076 | 14,246 |
| Tunisia | 27 | 1:22,616 | 3,533 |
| Guyana | 23 | 1:33,140 | 3,492 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Mérai (241) are calculated separately.
Merai (1,054) may also be a first name.
Merai Demographics
Average Merai Salary in
United States
$45,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Merai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merai (Bengali: মেরাই, Hindi: मेरई, Marathi: मेराई, Oriya: େମରାଇ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Mérai. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 152,385th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,523,388 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Merai reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 36 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 246,601st most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 1,054 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 1,045 people, or 1 in 734,034. In India it is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 72 percent live, Maharashtra, where 23 percent live and Jharkhand, where 1 percent live. Barring India Merai is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 29 percent live and Algeria, where 5 percent live.
Merai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Merai last name are 4.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.69% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Merai earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.4% more than the national average, earning R 314,640 per year; in United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.64% less than the national average, earning $47,875 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merai in the Bengali language | ||
| মেরাই | mera'i | - |
| Merai in the Marathi language | ||
| मेराई | mera'i | 89.9 |
| मेहराई | mehara'i | 2.79 |
| मीराई | mira'i | 1.39 |
| मेराइ | mera'i | 0.7 |
| मेराय | meraya | 0.7 |
| मेरइ | mera'i | 0.7 |
| मेरई | mera'i | 0.35 |
| Merai in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरई | mera'i | 83.33 |
| मेराई | mera'i | 16.67 |
| Merai in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରାଇ | emara'i | 50 |
| େମରଇ | emara'i | 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
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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 Merai
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