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
The last name Merai (Bengali: মেরাই, Hindi: मेरई, Marathi: मेराई, Oriya: େମରାଇ) is found most frequently in India. It may also be rendered as a variant: Mérai. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Merai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 152,385th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,523,388 people. The last name is predominantly 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 commonly held first name globally, borne by 1,054 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 1,045 people, or 1 in 734,034. In India Merai is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 72 percent live, Maharashtra, where 23 percent live and Jharkhand, where 1 percent live. Other than India Merai exists in 42 countries. It is also found 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 surname are 4.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.69% being registered to vote for the 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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