Mergu Surname
Approximately 8,282 people bear this surname
Mergu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8,217 | 1:93,351 | 6,179 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
The alternate forms: Mergü (58) are calculated separately.
Mergu (1,718) may also be a first name.
Mergu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mergu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mergu (Marathi: मेरगु, Oriya: େମଗୁ) has its highest incidence in India. It may occur in the variant forms: Mergü. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mergu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,776th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 879,926 people. Mergu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mergu are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 185,222nd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 1,718 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 8,217 people, or 1 in 93,351. In India Mergu is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 79 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 19 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Not including India Mergu exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mergu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mergu in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଗୁ | emagu | - |
| Mergu in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरगु | meragu | 75.01 |
| मेरगू | meragu | 22.97 |
| मेगुर् | megur | 0.75 |
| मेरगो | merago | 0.38 |
| मेग | mega | 0.09 |
| मेरुग | meruga | 0.09 |
| मेरमु | meramu | 0.05 |
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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 Mergu
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