Merenge Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Merenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Merenge (64) may also be a first name.
Merenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merenge is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merenge? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Merenge live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 64 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 83 percent reside, Chimbu, where 9 percent reside and Madang, where 2 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 6 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
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- 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 Merenge
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