Mericho Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Mericho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Mericho (57) may also be a first name.
Mericho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mericho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mericho occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mericho.
How Common Is The Last Name Mericho? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Mericho is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Mericho are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 57 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 90 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Tanzania Mericho is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 15 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.
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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 Mericho
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