Merake Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Merake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Merake (16) may also be a first name.
Merake Demographics
Average Merake Salary in
South Africa
R 29,484
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Merake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merake (Marathi: मेरके, Oriya: େମରେକ) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Merake are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Merake is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.
Merake is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Merake is most common in: North West, where 100 percent are found. Besides South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Merake Last Name Statistics demography
Merake earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.59% less than the national average, earning R 29,484 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merake in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରେକ | emareka | - |
| Merake in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरके | merake | - |
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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 Merake
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