Meriama Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Meriama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Meriama (6,749) may also be a first name.
Meriama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meriama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﻳﺎﻣﻪ, Oriya: େମରିଆମା) is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Meriama.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meriama is the 2,661,929th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Meriama occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Meriama are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 79,456th most numerous first name on earth, held by 6,749 people.
Meriama is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 797,917. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 19 percent reside and Algeria, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meriama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meriama in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରିଆମା | emari'ama | 75 |
| ବିେମରିଆମା | biemari'ama | 25 |
| Meriama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﻳﺎﻣﻪ | mryamh | 60 |
| ﻣﺮﻳﺎﻡ | mryam | 34.44 |
| ﺍﻣﺮﻳﺎﻡ | amryam | 1.11 |
| ﻣﺮﻳﺎﻣﺔ | mryamt | 1.11 |
| ﻣﺮﻳﻤﻪ | mrymh | 1.11 |
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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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