Merika Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Merika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 141 | 1:937,938 | 69,491 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Greece | 32 | 1:346,243 | 48,387 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Merika (1,570) may also be a first name.
Merika Demographics
Average Merika Salary in
South Africa
R 50,832
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Merika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merika (Bengali: মেরীকা, Hindi: मेरिका, Oriya: େମରିକା, Russian: Мэрика, Tibetan: མི་རི་ཀ་) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merika? popularity and diffusion
Merika is the 721,185th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Merika are found; 39 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 39 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 195,408th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 1,570 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 937,938. In Indonesia Merika is primarily found in: Riau Islands, where 54 percent are found, North Sumatra, where 16 percent are found and South Sumatra, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this last name exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Merika Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Merika has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Merika surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Merika Last Name Statistics demography
Merika earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.61% less than the national average, earning R 50,832 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merika Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merika in the Tibetan language | ||
| མི་རི་ཀ་ | mirika | - |
| Merika in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरिका | merika | - |
| Merika in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରିକା | emarika | - |
| Merika in the Bengali language | ||
| মেরীকা | merika | 50 |
| মেরিকা | merika | 50 |
| Merika in the Russian language | ||
| Мэрика | merika | - |
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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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- 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 Merika
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