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 more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Méray. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meray? popularity and diffusion
Meray is the 199,526th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,481,866 people. Meray occurs predominantly 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 numerous first name internationally, borne by 1,519 people.
The last name Meray is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 639 people, or 1 in 206,963. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: North Sulawesi, where 37 percent are found, Central Java, where 28 percent are found and West Java, where 20 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent are found and Turkey, where 24 percent are found.
Meray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meray has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Meray last name grew 328 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meray Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Meray last name are 16.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.57% 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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