Mereru Surname

531,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 608 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mereru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mereru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6061:76,2047,124
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mereru (99) may also be a first name.

Mereru Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mereru Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mereru occurs most in Kenya. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Mereru click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mereru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 531,574th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,986,095 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mereru live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Mereru is also the 951,070th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 99 people.

This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 606 people, or 1 in 76,204. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Narok County, where 56 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 41 percent reside and Bomet County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Mereru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mereru last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meraru83124/
Mareru8327/
Mireru832/
Moreru831/
Meriru831/
Morerau7710/
Maraeru777/
Myreiru774/
Marieru772/
Maireru771/
Mareiru771/
Mirerau771/
Meeraru771/
Moraru6741,130/
Mararu67326/
Mejrhirou67136/
Mariru6721/
Mororu677/
Mejrirrou674/
Miriru674/
Maroru673/
Miraru673/
Moriru671/
Mejrhirrou63136/
Maitreerux632/
Morarou6230/
Muiriru629/
Morarui622/
Mirirou621/
Marireu621/
Mariruy621/
Mororui621/
Morarau621/
Mairarou571/
Moreirão571/
Majrhirou531/
Mujrehroo531/
Mahararou531/

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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 Mereru
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