Merba Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Merba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 504 | 1:8,125 | 872 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merba (646) may also be a first name.
Merba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺏ, Hindi: मेरबा, Oriya: େମବର୍) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 596,518th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The last name Merba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Merba reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 327,050th most widely held given name internationally, borne by 646 people.
The last name Merba is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 504 people, or 1 in 8,125. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 22 percent live, Assaba Region, where 15 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Merba exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merba in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरबा | meraba | - |
| Merba in the Oriya language | ||
| େମବର୍ | emabar | - |
| Merba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﺏ | mrb | 63.33 |
| ﻣﺮﺑﻪ | mrbh | 34 |
| ﻣﺮﺑﺎ | mrba | 2 |
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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 Merba
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