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 last name Merga (Arabic: ميرقا, Bengali: মেরগ, Hindi: मेर्गा, Oriya: େମଗ, Russian: Мерга) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Mergá. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 13,920th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 181,870 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Merga live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 11,136th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 90,665 people.
This last name is most common in Ethiopia, where it is held by 39,440 people, or 1 in 2,473. Outside of Ethiopia it exists in 38 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Merga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Merga has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Merga last name grew 441 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Merga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Merga surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered with the 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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