Merengo Surname
Approximately 1,581 people bear this surname
Merengo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 915 | 1:57,860 | 6,268 |
| Kenya | 630 | 1:73,301 | 6,881 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merengo (199) may also be a first name.
Merengo Demographics
Merengo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Merengo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merengo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merengo is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merengo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 250,767th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,609,453 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Merengo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Merengo is also the 642,605th most widely held given name globally It is held by 199 people.
Merengo is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 915 people, or 1 in 57,860. In Tanzania Merengo is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 80 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 40 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.
Merengo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Merengo
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