Meret Surname
Approximately 1,238 people bear this surname
Meret Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 557 | 1:119,251 | 18,016 |
| Italy | 154 | 1:397,121 | 44,646 |
| Romania | 143 | 1:140,405 | 15,083 |
| Ukraine | 113 | 1:402,856 | 48,662 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1:984,680 | 58,342 |
The alternate forms: Mereț (30), Méret (6) & Mereţ (1) are calculated separately.
Meret (8,416) may also be a first name.
Meret Demographics
Average Meret Salary in
United States
$61,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meret Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meret Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meret (Russian: Мерет) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Mereț, Méret or Mereţ. Click here to see other possible spellings of Meret.
How Common Is The Last Name Meret? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meret is the 305,641st most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,886,548 people. The surname Meret occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Meret are found; 46 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Meret is also the 68,770th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 8,416 people.
Meret is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 557 people, or 1 in 119,251. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 20 percent live, Grand Est, where 15 percent live and Brittany, where 15 percent live. Not including France this last name exists in 35 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 12 percent live and Romania, where 12 percent live.
Meret Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meret has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 65 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meret Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Meret earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 18.23% less than the national average, earning €24,557 per year; in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.62% more than the national average, earning $58,934 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meret Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meret in the Russian language | ||
| Мерет | meret | - |
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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 Meret
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