Merike Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Merike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Merike (4,917) may also be a first name.
Merike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merike is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merike? popularity and diffusion
Merike is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 31 percent of Merike live; 31 percent live in Oceania Islands and 31 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Merike is also the 97,211th most frequent first name in the world, held by 4,917 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 50 percent are found and Morobe, where 50 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea Merike occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent are found and Estonia, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Merike
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