Merang Surname
Approximately 1,268 people bear this surname
Merang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 671 | 1:43,956 | 3,542 |
| Indonesia | 478 | 1:276,672 | 24,941 |
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Kiribati | 9 | 1:12,601 | 393 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Merang (491) may also be a first name.
Merang Demographics
Average Merang Salary in
South Africa
R 81,048
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Merang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merang (Hindi: मेरंग, Marathi: मेरंग, Russian: Меранг) is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Merang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merang? popularity and diffusion
Merang is the 299,919th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,747,276 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Merang live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Merang is also the 383,498th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 491 people.
This last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 671 people, or 1 in 43,956. In Malaysia Merang is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 95 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent are found and Labuan, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 38 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Merang Last Name Statistics demography
Merang earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.89% less than the national average, earning R 81,048 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merang in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरंग | meranga | - |
| Merang in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरंग | meranga | - |
| Merang in the Russian language | ||
| Меранг | merang | - |
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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 Merang
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