Meretakis Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Meretakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meretakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meretakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meretakis is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meretakis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Meretakis are found; 88 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 527,609. In Greece Meretakis is most frequent in: Central Macedonia, where 81 percent reside and Attica, where 19 percent reside. Besides Greece it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meretaki | 94 | 2 | / |
| Meritakis | 89 | 1 | / |
| Marietakis | 84 | 2 | / |
| Maritakis | 78 | 6 | / |
| Moratakis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Moraitakis | 74 | 328 | / |
| Marathakis | 74 | 145 | / |
| Mariettakis | 70 | 6 | / |
| Moraitakes | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mariettakes | 60 | 2 | / |
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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 Meretakis
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