Meramou Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Meramou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Meramou (274) may also be a first name.
Meramou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meramou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meramou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Meramou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meramou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meramou is the 3,323,005th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meramou are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 536,832nd most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 274 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Meramou is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 48 percent live, Littoral Region, where 45 percent live and East Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 6 percent live.
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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 Meramou
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