Meriki Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Meriki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
| Kenya | 100 | 1:461,799 | 24,210 |
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Meriki (237) may also be a first name.
Meriki Demographics
Meriki Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Meriki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meriki is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriki? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meriki is the 651,048th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,705,918 people. The last name Meriki is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Meriki are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 32 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 581,650th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 237 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 355,313. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 88 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 22 percent reside and Cameroon, where 15 percent reside.
Meriki Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Meriki earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 14.12% less than the national average, earning R 204,084 per year.
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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 Meriki
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