Merife Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Merife Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merife (133) may also be a first name.
Merife Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merife Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merife is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merife? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Merife occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Merife live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Merife is also the 804,402nd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 133 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Merife is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Merife occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mmerife | 92 | 31 | / |
| Meraife | 92 | 1 | / |
| Merifee | 92 | 0 | / |
| Merif | 91 | 43 | / |
| Merrifie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Merrifee | 86 | 0 | / |
| Merifest | 86 | 0 | / |
| Merafe | 83 | 1,158 | / |
| Marife | 83 | 93 | / |
| Morife | 83 | 36 | / |
| Merifi | 83 | 16 | / |
| Merifa | 83 | 12 | / |
| Meriev | 83 | 3 | / |
| Meriff | 83 | 2 | / |
| Merefe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Merrif | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mearif | 83 | 1 | / |
| Merafhe | 77 | 279 | / |
| Meyriev | 77 | 113 | / |
| Morifie | 77 | 17 | / |
| Mehriev | 77 | 6 | / |
| Merziev | 77 | 5 | / |
| Meraifi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Meriphe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Merefhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Merrift | 77 | 1 | / |
| Merefei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meirafe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mairife | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meiriev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mereb | 73 | 792 | / |
| Meriv | 73 | 329 | / |
| Merib | 73 | 262 | / |
| Merev | 73 | 149 | / |
| Meryf | 73 | 111 | / |
| Merew | 73 | 25 | / |
| Mirif | 73 | 7 | / |
| Meref | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mehrafei | 71 | 3 | / |
| Morrifey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merrittf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merefest | 71 | 0 | / |
| Merhefer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Morifi | 67 | 2,406 | / |
| Merheb | 67 | 2,311 | / |
| Mairif | 67 | 1,847 | / |
| Metref | 67 | 1,561 | / |
| Miriev | 67 | 596 | / |
| Merhib | 67 | 110 | / |
| Marifi | 67 | 87 | / |
| Mereev | 67 | 79 | / |
| Mereva | 67 | 23 | / |
| Merefa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Morefe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Marufe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mhereb | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mesref | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mearef | 67 | 4 | / |
| Morufe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mereeb | 67 | 3 | / |
| Merhef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mehrib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meereb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehreb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miraif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meurev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metrew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mereab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meriph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merivs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mujrif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meredf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merziv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morify | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muirif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehrev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhirif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merefi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merref | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Merife
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