Meral Surname
Approximately 25,755 people bear this surname
Meral Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 23,065 | 1:3,374 | 478 |
| India | 1,380 | 1:555,844 | 27,305 |
| France | 410 | 1:162,007 | 25,225 |
| Germany | 179 | 1:449,751 | 39,926 |
| Philippines | 147 | 1:688,695 | 70,564 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Pakistan | 63 | 1:2,835,617 | 23,570 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Spain | 47 | 1:994,724 | 37,216 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Northern Cyprus | 17 | 1:18,765 | 4,655 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Méral (4) are calculated separately.
Meral (121,751) may also be a first name.
Meral Demographics
Average Meral Salary in
United States
$75,948 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meral Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meral Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meral (Georgian: მერალ, Hindi: मेराल, Marathi: मेरल, Oriya: େମରାଲ, Russian: Мерал) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Méral. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meral? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 21,163rd most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 282,957 people. The last name Meral occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Meral are found; 75 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Meral is also the 8,498th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 121,751 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 23,065 people, or 1 in 3,374. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 26 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 6 percent reside and Gumushane Province, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey Meral occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
Meral Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meral has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meral surname rose 282 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meral Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Meral are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
Meral earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 76.01% more than the national average, earning $75,948 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meral Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meral in the Georgian language | ||
| მერალ | meral | - |
| Meral in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରାଲ | emarala | 93.22 |
| େମରଲ | emarala | 6.78 |
| Meral in the Hindi language | ||
| मेराल | merala | 83.33 |
| मेरल | merala | 16.67 |
| Meral in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरल | merala | 34 |
| मेराळ | merala | 24 |
| मैराळ | mairala | 12 |
| मॅरल | merala | 12 |
| मराल | marala | 8 |
| मेराल | merala | 4 |
| मेरळ | merala | 4 |
| मॆराळ | merala | 2 |
| Meral in the Russian language | ||
| Мерал | meral | - |
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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 Meral
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