Meraye Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Meraye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Meraye Demographics
Average Meraye Salary in
South Africa
R 52,044
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Meraye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meraye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meraye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺍﻱ) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Meraye.
How Common Is The Last Name Meraye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meraye is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Meraye reside; 36 percent reside in Southern Africa and 36 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Meraye is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa it is mostly found in: North West, where 90 percent reside and Gauteng, where 10 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Meraye exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent reside and Pakistan, where 25 percent reside.
Meraye Last Name Statistics demography
Meraye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.1% less than the national average, earning R 52,044 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meraye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meraye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﺍﻱ | mray | - |
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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 Meraye
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