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
The surname Merima (Hindi: मेरीमा, Marathi: मेरीमा, Oriya: େମରୀମା) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Merima.
How Common Is The Last Name Merima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 24,249th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 326,561 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Merima live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Merima is also the 97,422nd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 4,899 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 22,054 people, or 1 in 4,423. Beside Ethiopia this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found 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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