Mereko Surname
Approximately 766 people bear this surname
Mereko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 663 | 1:81,716 | 10,077 |
| Lesotho | 65 | 1:31,270 | 5,851 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mereko (67) may also be a first name.
Mereko Demographics
Average Mereko Salary in
South Africa
R 133,128
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mereko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mereko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mereko is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mereko? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 445,430th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,513,768 people. The last name Mereko is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mereko are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most common first name world-wide, borne by 67 people.
It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 663 people, or 1 in 81,716. In South Africa Mereko is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 71 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and North West, where 9 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 8 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Mereko Last Name Statistics demography
Mereko earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.98% less than the national average, earning R 133,128 per year.
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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 Mereko
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