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 surname Meriji is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meriji reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 68 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Meriji is most common in: Gombe, where 83 percent live and Bauchi, where 17 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found 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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