Merara Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Merara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 96 | 1:402,412 | 34,280 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Merara (3,393) may also be a first name.
Merara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merara (Hindi: मेरारा, Oriya: େମରରା) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merara? popularity and diffusion
Merara is the 1,701,480th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name Merara occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Merara live; 83 percent live in North Africa and 83 percent live in Mahgreb. Merara is also the 122,295th most widely held first name on earth, held by 3,393 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 402,412. In Algeria Merara is most common in: Khenchela Province, where 99 percent reside and Boumerdès Province, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Algeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merara in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरारा | merara | - |
| Merara in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରରା | emarara | - |
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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 Merara
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