Merga Surname
Approximately 40,070 people bear this surname
Merga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 39,440 | 1:2,473 | 435 |
| Italy | 212 | 1:288,475 | 36,865 |
| England | 75 | 1:742,907 | 41,196 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Argentina | 46 | 1:929,205 | 59,251 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 1:296,469 | 43,115 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Vatican City | 3 | 1:39 | 3 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Mergá (1) are calculated separately.
Merga (90,665) may also be a first name.
Merga Demographics
Average Merga Salary in
United States
$38,355 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Merga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merga (Arabic: ميرقا, Bengali: মেরগ, Hindi: मेर्गा, Oriya: େମଗ, Russian: Мерга) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Mergá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Merga is the 13,920th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 181,870 people. The last name Merga occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Merga reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 11,136th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 90,665 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 39,440 people, or 1 in 2,473. Without taking into account Ethiopia it exists in 38 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Merga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Merga has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Merga last name increased 441 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 1,950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Merga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Merga surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
Merga earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.11% less than the national average, earning $38,355 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merga in the Bengali language | ||
| মেরগ | meraga | - |
| Merga in the Hindi language | ||
| मेर्गा | merga | - |
| Merga in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଗ | emaga | 50 |
| େମରଗ | emaraga | 50 |
| Merga in the Russian language | ||
| Мерга | merga | - |
| Merga in the Arabic language | ||
| ميرقا | myrqa | - |
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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 Merga
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