Merais Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Merais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 71 | 1:415,412 | 21,545 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merais (38) may also be a first name.
Merais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merais Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merais (Marathi: मेराईस, Russian: Мераис) is found most in Malaysia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merais? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,785,358th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Merais is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Merais reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Merais is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 38 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 415,412. In Malaysia Merais is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 96 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent are found and Penang, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent are found and Ukraine, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merais Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merais in the Marathi language | ||
| मेराईस | mera'isa | - |
| Merais in the Russian language | ||
| Мераис | merais | - |
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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 Merais
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