Meriga Surname
Approximately 4,394 people bear this surname
Meriga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,921 | 1:262,604 | 15,095 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Algeria | 409 | 1:94,454 | 14,350 |
| Nigeria | 286 | 1:619,380 | 29,421 |
| Benin | 160 | 1:64,598 | 7,911 |
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meriga (4,274) may also be a first name.
Meriga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meriga is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 106,392nd most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,658,522 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Meriga are found; 66 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 105,917th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 4,274 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 2,921 people, or 1 in 262,604. In India Meriga is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 74 percent are found, Telangana, where 25 percent are found and Karnataka, where 0 percent are found. Apart from India Meriga is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 11 percent are found and Algeria, where 9 percent are found.
Meriga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meriga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meriga surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Meriga
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