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
Meray Political Affiliation
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Meray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meray Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meray (Russian: Мерай, Tibetan: མི་རིག།) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Méray. For other potential spellings of Meray click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meray? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 199,526th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,481,866 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Meray reside; 31 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 31 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Meray is also the 199,209th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 1,519 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 639 people, or 1 in 206,963. In Indonesia Meray is most common in: North Sulawesi, where 37 percent are found, Central Java, where 28 percent are found and West Java, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also found in India, where 27 percent are found and Turkey, where 24 percent are found.
Meray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meray has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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 Meray are 16.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party 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
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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 Meray
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