Mergitu Surname
Approximately 1,450 people bear this surname
Mergitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mergitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mergitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mergitu is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mergitu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mergitu is the 269,054th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,025,894 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mergitu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Other than Ethiopia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meritu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Meritus | 86 | 448 | / |
| Meristu | 86 | 15 | / |
| Mehritu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mersitu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meritud | 86 | 1 | / |
| Marghitu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Metritou | 80 | 4 | / |
| Merguthu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Meristus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mergestu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meriteus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Merrithu | 80 | 0 | / |
| Merituth | 80 | 0 | / |
| Meretu | 77 | 1,775 | / |
| Miritu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Merritheu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meritheus | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mirithu | 71 | 90 | / |
| Mehretu | 71 | 78 | / |
| Mereatu | 71 | 57 | / |
| Meretus | 71 | 5 | / |
| Méritus | 71 | 2 | / |
| Merretu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mhiritu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Margetou | 67 | 24 | / |
| Meretush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirithuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Mirithu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Merettush | 63 | 1 | / |
| Miretu | 62 | 10 | / |
| Mihretu | 57 | 8,073 | / |
| Mhiretu | 57 | 5 | / |
| Myretus | 57 | 2 | / |
| Muiretu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Miritoo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Miretou | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Mergitu
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