Meriche Surname
Approximately 2,094 people bear this surname
Meriche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,027 | 1:19,058 | 3,493 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Mériche (2) are calculated separately.
Meriche (20) may also be a first name.
Meriche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meriche is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Mériche. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriche? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 199,442nd most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,480,203 people. The last name Meriche occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Meriche live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name internationally, held by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,027 people, or 1 in 19,058. In Algeria Meriche is primarily found in: Jijel Province, where 71 percent reside, Algiers Province, where 18 percent reside and El Taref Province, where 11 percent reside. Other than Algeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent reside and Mexico, where 1 percent reside.
Meriche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meriche has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meriche surname contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Meriche
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