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
The surname Meriha occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Meriha.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meriha live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meriha is also the 1,116,575th most frequently held given name world-wide, borne by 75 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Borno, where 88 percent reside and Oyo, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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