Mereia Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Mereia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Mereia (659) may also be a first name.
Mereia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mereia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mereia has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mereia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Mereia live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Mereia is also the 323,427th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 659 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 50 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 50 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 33 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 Mereia
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