Mereche Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mereche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Mereche (20) may also be a first name.
Mereche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mereche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mereche occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mereche.
How Common Is The Last Name Mereche? popularity and diffusion
Mereche is the 5,587,209th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mereche reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 20 people.
The last name Mereche is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 89 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Mereche exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 17 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Mereche
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