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 most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merike? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 31 percent of Merike reside; 31 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 31 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 97,211th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 4,917 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 50 percent reside and Morobe, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent reside and Estonia, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Merike
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