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 borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Mériche. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriche? popularity and diffusion
It is the 199,442nd most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 3,480,203 people. Meriche is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Meriche are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is carried by 2,027 people, or 1 in 19,058. In Algeria Meriche is mostly concentrated in: Jijel Province, where 71 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 18 percent are found and El Taref Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Algeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent are found and Mexico, where 1 percent are found.
Meriche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meriche has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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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