Meray Surname
Approximately 2,093 people bear this surname
Meray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 639 | 1:206,963 | 19,519 |
| India | 561 | 1:1,367,318 | 52,907 |
| Turkey | 493 | 1:157,853 | 12,313 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United States | 105 | 1:3,451,990 | 194,849 |
| France | 105 | 1:632,597 | 82,532 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
The alternate forms: Méray (43) are calculated separately.
Meray (1,519) may also be a first name.
Meray Demographics
Average Meray Salary in
United States
$36,762 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meray Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meray (Russian: Мерай, Tibetan: མི་རིག།) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Méray. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meray? popularity and diffusion
Meray is the 199,526th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,481,866 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Meray live; 31 percent live in Southeast Asia and 31 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 199,209th most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 1,519 people.
The surname Meray is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 639 people, or 1 in 206,963. In Indonesia Meray is most numerous in: North Sulawesi, where 37 percent reside, Central Java, where 28 percent reside and West Java, where 20 percent reside. Besides Indonesia Meray occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent reside and Turkey, where 24 percent reside.
Meray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meray has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Meray last name increased 328 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meray Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meray surname are 16.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.57% being registered with the party.
Meray earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.8% less than the national average, earning $36,762 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meray Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meray in the Tibetan language | ||
| མི་རིག། | mirik | - |
| Meray in the Russian language | ||
| Мерай | meraj | - |
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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 Meray
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