Merakos Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Merakos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 92 | 1:120,432 | 20,231 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merakos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merakos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merakos is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Merakos.
How Common Is The Last Name Merakos? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merakos is the 1,871,545th most widespread last name globally, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Merakos live; 94 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The last name Merakos is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 120,432. In Greece Merakos is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 50 percent reside, Peloponnese, where 46 percent reside and Western Macedonia, where 4 percent reside. Barring Greece this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metrakos | 93 | 118 | / |
| Merrakos | 93 | 2 | / |
| Marakos | 86 | 157 | / |
| Merokos | 86 | 24 | / |
| Meracos | 86 | 9 | / |
| Morakos | 86 | 9 | / |
| Merakas | 86 | 4 | / |
| Merekos | 86 | 2 | / |
| Maragkos | 80 | 2,860 | / |
| Mitrakos | 80 | 662 | / |
| Metrakas | 80 | 24 | / |
| Marakkos | 80 | 13 | / |
| Marakosh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Metrokos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Metrakus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mitragkos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Marakas | 71 | 376 | / |
| Marokos | 71 | 123 | / |
| Morakas | 71 | 109 | / |
| Marekos | 71 | 49 | / |
| Maracos | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mirakas | 71 | 3 | / |
| Merokus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moracos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merecos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mitrakas | 67 | 318 | / |
| Mereckas | 67 | 49 | / |
| Maragkas | 67 | 40 | / |
| Metrokas | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mitracos | 67 | 18 | / |
| Miraskas | 67 | 17 | / |
| Marracos | 67 | 8 | / |
| Morackas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maroukos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marakash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merakach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maregkos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morakhas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moraukas | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Merakos
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