Meriji Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Meriji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
Meriji (68) may also be a first name.
Meriji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meriji is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Meriji.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meriji is the 6,063,924th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Meriji is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meriji live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meriji is also the 1,181,159th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 68 people.
The surname Meriji is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Meriji is most numerous in: Gombe, where 83 percent live and Bauchi, where 17 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 40 percent live.
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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 Meriji
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