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) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merbe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 593,568th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,881,040 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Merbe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 75 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 7,830. In Mauritania it is most common in: Assaba Region, where 31 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 0 percent live.
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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