Mereca Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Mereca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mereca (13) may also be a first name.
Mereca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mereca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mereca is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mereca click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mereca? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Mereca reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mereca is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name globally It is held by 13 people.
It is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil Mereca is most numerous in: Espírito Santo, where 50 percent live and São Paulo, where 50 percent live. Besides Brazil this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 25 percent live.
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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 Mereca
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