Meriha Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Meriha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
Meriha (75) may also be a first name.
Meriha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meriha occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Meriha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meriha is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meriha are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meriha is also the 1,116,575th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 75 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Meriha is primarily found in: Borno, where 88 percent reside and Oyo, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Meriha occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 25 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Meriha
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