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
Meraye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺍﻱ) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meraye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Meraye occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Meraye live; 36 percent live in Southern Africa and 36 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Meraye is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Meraye is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 90 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Apart from South Africa Meraye occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Pakistan, where 25 percent live.
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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