Merilas Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Merilas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 177 | 1:60,361 | 3,445 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
Merilas (20) may also be a first name.
Merilas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merilas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merilas is carried by more people in Haiti than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merilas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merilas is the 1,263,456th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname Merilas is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Merilas reside; 97 percent reside in Caribbean and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. Merilas is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Haiti, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 60,361. In Haiti it is most prevalent in: Ouest, where 81 percent are found, Sud-Est, where 19 percent are found and Nippes, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Haiti this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 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
- 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 Merilas
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