Merima Surname
Approximately 22,316 people bear this surname
Merima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 22,054 | 1:4,423 | 721 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| Estonia | 65 | 1:20,335 | 3,530 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merima (4,899) may also be a first name.
Merima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merima (Hindi: मेरीमा, Marathi: मेरीमा, Oriya: େମରୀମା) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merima? popularity and diffusion
It is the 24,249th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 326,561 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Merima are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 97,422nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 4,899 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 22,054 people, or 1 in 4,423. Barring Ethiopia this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Estonia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merima in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरीमा | merima | - |
| Merima in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरीमा | merima | 83.33 |
| मेरिमा | merima | 16.67 |
| Merima in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରୀମା | emarima | 50 |
| େମରିମା | emarima | 50 |
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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 Merima
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