Meriem Surname
Approximately 17,743 people bear this surname
Meriem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 12,395 | 1:7,870 | 1,227 |
| Algeria | 2,954 | 1:13,078 | 2,321 |
| Morocco | 2,045 | 1:16,859 | 2,564 |
| France | 176 | 1:377,402 | 56,030 |
| Tunisia | 84 | 1:7,269 | 1,221 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Mériem (1) & Mérièm (1) are calculated separately.
Meriem (401,461) may also be a first name.
Meriem Demographics
Average Meriem Salary in
United States
$38,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meriem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meriem (Georgian: მერიემ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﻳﻢ, Russian: Мерием) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can also occur as: Mériem or Mérièm. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,126th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 410,728 people. The surname Meriem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Meriem reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Meriem is also the 2,575th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 401,461 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 12,395 people, or 1 in 7,870. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 17 percent live and Morocco, where 12 percent live.
Meriem Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Meriem earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 11.84% less than the national average, earning $38,042 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.64% less than the national average, earning $26,512 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meriem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meriem in the Georgian language | ||
| მერიემ | meriem | - |
| Meriem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﻳﻢ | mrym | 98.87 |
| ﺍﻣﺮﻳﻢ | amrym | 0.57 |
| ﺃﻣﺮﻳﻢ | amrym | 0.28 |
| ﻣﺮﻳﻤﻪ | mrymh | 0.14 |
| ﻣﺮﻳﺎﻡ | mryam | 0.14 |
| Meriem in the Russian language | ||
| Мерием | meriem | - |
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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 Meriem
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