Meriai Surname
Approximately 1,041 people bear this surname
Meriai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,035 | 1:37,325 | 6,771 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Meriai (22) may also be a first name.
Meriai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meriai is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meriai is the 350,471st most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,000,524 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meriai live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 22 people.
This surname is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 1,035 people, or 1 in 37,325. In Algeria Meriai is most prevalent in: Jijel Province, where 64 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 21 percent are found and Mila Province, where 15 percent are found. Besides Algeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meriais | 92 | 110 | / |
| Moriai | 83 | 1,281 | / |
| Mariai | 83 | 142 | / |
| Merioi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mereai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Merriehai | 80 | 0 | / |
| Mariaei | 77 | 385 | / |
| Mariahi | 77 | 120 | / |
| Mergeai | 77 | 64 | / |
| Miriahi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mirziai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mériais | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mitriai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Miriaio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mirziaie | 71 | 5 | / |
| Meraiyai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Merriaeu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mirziaei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marujiai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mariae | 67 | 38 | / |
| Maryai | 67 | 28 | / |
| Merjaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Miriae | 67 | 4 | / |
| Meraiyaij | 67 | 3 | / |
| Moryai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Miryai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marioi | 67 | 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 Meriai
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