Merakeng Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Merakeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Merakeng Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana2761:7,9241,393
South Africa1851:292,85228,409

Merakeng (16) may also be a first name.

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Merakeng Demographics

Average Merakeng Salary in
South Africa

R 99,756

Per year
Rank:
134,030 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000107475
Rank: 61,148 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
41.98%
Sample size: 27 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Merakeng Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Merakeng Come From? nationality or country of origin

Merakeng is borne by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merakeng? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 654,010th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The last name Merakeng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Merakeng reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Merakeng is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name in the world It is held by 16 people.

The surname Merakeng is most frequent in Botswana, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 7,924. Other than Botswana this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 40 percent reside.

Merakeng Last Name Statistics demography

Merakeng earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.02% less than the national average, earning R 99,756 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morakeng88321/
Marakeng8818/
Mmarakeng8213/
Morokeng75134/
Moraking754/
Morekeng752/
Mmarekeng7111/
Morokoeng717/
Maroking6352/
Miracing639/
Marroking591/
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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 Merakeng
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