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 last name Meray (Russian: Мерай, Tibetan: མི་རིག།) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Méray. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meray? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 199,526th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,481,866 people. The last name Meray is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Meray are found; 31 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 31 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Meray is also the 199,209th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,519 people.
Meray is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 639 people, or 1 in 206,963. In Indonesia it 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. Besides Indonesia this surname exists 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 occurrence of Meray has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meray last name rose 328 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meray Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Meray surname are 16.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.57% being registered to vote for the political 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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