Mereke Surname
Approximately 610 people bear this surname
Mereke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 458 | 1:38,608 | 5,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85 | 1:95,926 | 12,852 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Mereke (11,364) may also be a first name.
Mereke Demographics
Average Mereke Salary in
United States
$45,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mereke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mereke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mereke (Russian: Мереке) has its highest incidence in Kazakhstan. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mereke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 530,215th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,946,797 people. The last name Mereke occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Mereke are found; 71 percent are found in Central Asia and 71 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Mereke is also the 56,227th most common forename internationally It is held by 11,364 people.
The surname Mereke is most frequently used in Kazakhstan, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 38,608. In Kazakhstan Mereke is most common in: Almaty, where 22 percent live, Aktobe Region, where 18 percent live and Pavlodar Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding Kazakhstan it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Mereke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mereke surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
Mereke earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mereke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mereke in the Russian language | ||
| Мереке | mereke | - |
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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 Mereke
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