Merbe Surname
Approximately 525 people bear this surname
Merbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 523 | 1:7,830 | 849 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
Merbe (75) may also be a first name.
Merbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺏ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Merbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merbe is the 593,568th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,881,040 people. Merbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Merbe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Merbe is also the 1,116,575th most widely held forename on earth, held by 75 people.
Merbe is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 7,830. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 31 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merbe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﺏ | mrb | 63.37 |
| ﻣﺮﺑﻪ | mrbh | 34.3 |
| ﻣﺮﺑﺎ | mrba | 0.58 |
| ﻣﻮﺭﺏ | mwrb | 0.58 |
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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 Merbe
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