Merero Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Merero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merero (25) may also be a first name.
Merero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merero Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merero (Russian: Мереро) is found most frequently in India. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Merero.
How Common Is The Last Name Merero? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Merero live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Merero is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 25 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 75 percent live and Maharashtra, where 25 percent live. Excluding India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 31 percent live and Botswana, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merero Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merero in the Russian language | ||
| Мереро | merero | - |
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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 Merero
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