Merije Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Merije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Merije (145) may also be a first name.
Merije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merije (Georgian: მერიჯე, Marathi: मेरीजे) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Merije.
How Common Is The Last Name Merije? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Merije are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 766,399th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 145 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Merije is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 100 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merije Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merije in the Georgian language | ||
| მერიჯე | merije | - |
| Merije in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरीजे | merije | - |
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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
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- 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 Merije
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