Meraka Surname
Approximately 689 people bear this surname
Meraka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 523 | 1:1,466,664 | 55,594 |
| Algeria | 156 | 1:247,638 | 26,688 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Meraka (125) may also be a first name.
Meraka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meraka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meraka (Hindi: मेरका, Marathi: मेरका, Oriya: େମରକା) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Meraka.
How Common Is The Last Name Meraka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 483,143rd most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,576,990 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Meraka reside; 76 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Meraka is also the 832,731st most widely held given name world-wide, held by 125 people.
The last name is most widespread in India, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 1,466,664. In India it is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 91 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 4 percent reside and Telangana, where 3 percent reside. Apart from India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meraka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meraka in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरका | meraka | - |
| Meraka in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरका | meraka | - |
| Meraka in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରକା | emaraka | 90.91 |
| େମରାକା | emaraka | 9.09 |
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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 Meraka
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