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
The surname Merife occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Merife click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merife? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merife is the 4,206,983rd most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Merife occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Merife reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 804,402nd most widely held first name globally It is held by 133 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Merife is most common in: Abia, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs 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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