Meraim Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Meraim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Meraim (38) may also be a first name.
Meraim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meraim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meraim is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meraim? popularity and diffusion
Meraim is the 2,909,720th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Meraim live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Meraim is also the 1,662,754th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 38 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 86 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 12 percent live and Western Highlands, where 2 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Meraim is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 2 percent live and China, where 2 percent live.
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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 Meraim
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