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
Merilas is carried by more people in Haiti than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Merilas.
How Common Is The Last Name Merilas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,263,456th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Merilas live; 97 percent live in Caribbean and 97 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. Merilas is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name globally, held by 20 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Haiti, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 60,361. In Haiti Merilas is mostly found in: Ouest, where 81 percent live, Sud-Est, where 19 percent live and Nippes, where 1 percent live. Other than Haiti this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent live.
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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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