Meriau Surname

533,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Meriau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meriau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5841:113,73817,081
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

The alternate forms: Mériau (19) are calculated separately.

Meriau Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meriau Come From? nationality or country of origin

Meriau is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Mériau. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Meriau? popularity and diffusion

Meriau is the 533,524th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,045,530 people. The last name Meriau is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Meriau live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Meriau is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 584 people, or 1 in 113,738. In France it is most frequent in: Pays de la Loire, where 41 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 15 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 14 percent live. Barring France this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Meriau Last Name Statistics demography

Meriau earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 32.72% less than the national average, earning $33,428 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mériau9419/
Meriaux921,990/
Merieau92633/
Meriaud92155/
Meuriau9275/
Metriau9271/
Merriau923/
Meriaut921/
Merriaux86198/
Merrieau8612/
Merriaud862/
Merriaeu862/
Moriau831,063/
Mariau83623/
Meriou839/
Miriau837/
Mériaux7758/
Mérieau7714/
Mereoiu778/
Merioud777/
Meriouh775/
Merăoiu775/
Mériaud772/
Miriaut771/
Merziou771/
Meriouz771/
Mirziau771/
Mergeau770/
Mairiaux71277/
Meriouch714/
Mérrieau711/
Maryau6743/
Mairieaux6718/
Meryou671/
Mariouh62105/
Mereohu621/
Meryout621/
Miriouh621/
Meryous621/
Meryoud621/
Mérioux621/
Marioiu621/
Mărășoiu5734/
Metryous572/
Mărișoiu571/
Măreșoiu571/
Mirițoiu571/

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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 Meriau
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