Meretei Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Meretei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 146 | 1:67,235 | 6,917 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Merétei (35) are calculated separately.
Meretei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meretei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meretei is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Merétei. Click here for further potential spellings of Meretei.
How Common Is The Last Name Meretei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meretei is the 1,422,956th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. Meretei is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Meretei live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
It is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 67,235. In Hungary Meretei is primarily found in: Fejér County, where 27 percent reside, Somogy County, where 23 percent reside and Budapest, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Hungary Meretei is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Meretei
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