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) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Merais.
How Common Is The Last Name Merais? popularity and diffusion
Merais is the 1,785,358th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Merais occurs mostly 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 numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 38 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 415,412. In Malaysia Merais is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 96 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent are found and Penang, where 1 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found 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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