Merid Surname
Approximately 17,733 people bear this surname
Merid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 17,225 | 1:5,663 | 897 |
| Israel | 249 | 1:34,368 | 4,805 |
| Iran | 109 | 1:704,427 | 36,922 |
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
Merid (13,484) may also be a first name.
Merid Demographics
Merid Political Affiliation
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Merid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merid Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merid (Hindi: मेरिड) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Merid? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merid is the 30,138th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 410,960 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Merid reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 50,000th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 13,484 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 17,225 people, or 1 in 5,663. Other than Ethiopia it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 1 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.
Merid Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Merid surname are 40.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.75% registered with the party.
Merid earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.95% more than the national average, earning $56,936 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merid Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merid in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरिड | merida | - |
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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 Merid
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