Merala Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Merala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 233 | 1:3,292,126 | 95,646 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Merala (107) may also be a first name.
Merala Demographics
Average Merala Salary in
United States
$38,893 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Merala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merala (Marathi: मेरला, Oriya: େମରଲା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 988,329th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name Merala is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Merala live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 910,230th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 107 people.
The surname Merala is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 3,292,126. In India Merala is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 41 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 39 percent live and Telangana, where 13 percent live. Not including India this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Singapore, where 2 percent live.
Merala Last Name Statistics demography
Merala earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.86% less than the national average, earning $38,893 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merala in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରଲା | emarala | 83.33 |
| େମରଳା | emarala | 16.67 |
| Merala in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरला | merala | 43.24 |
| मेराला | merala | 43.24 |
| मेराळा | merala | 5.41 |
| मेरलााकेशव | meralaakesava | 2.7 |
| मेकाला | mekala | 2.7 |
| मेराळ | merala | 2.7 |
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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 Merala
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