Where Does The Last Name Merak Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Merak (Arabic: ميراك, Hindi: मेराक, Marathi: मेरक, Oriya: େମରକ) is most common in India. It can occur in the variant forms: Merák or Měrák. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Merak? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 293,736^th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 5,605,805 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Merak live; 51 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Merak is also the 258,826^th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 970 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 563 people, or 1 in 1,362,461. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 99 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found and Bihar, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account India it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 23 percent are found and Turkey, where 8 percent are found.

Merak Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Merak has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 84 percent between 1880 and 2014.