Merimee Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Merimee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merimee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
France361:1,845,076161,051
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Merimée (1) & Mérimée (19) are calculated separately.

Merimee (691) may also be a first name.

Merimee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Merimee Come From? nationality or country of origin

Merimee is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Merimée or Mérimée. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Merimee? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,252,959th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Merimee live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 314,578th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 691 people.

The last name Merimee is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 2,831,710. In The United States Merimee is mostly concentrated in: Kentucky, where 48 percent are found, Indiana, where 13 percent are found and Ohio, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent are found and Chad, where 5 percent are found.

Merimee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Merimee has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 12,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Merimee Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Merimee are 44.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 90.91% registered with the party.

Merimee earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.66% more than the national average, earning $43,864 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merimée951/
Merrimee937/
Merime92185/
Mérimée9019/
Merisme86561/
Merieme86460/
Merimer8681/
Merimäe8610/
Merimoe867/
Mergime863/
Mereime862/
Meraime862/
Merimed861/
Merimet861/
Marimee861/
Merrime861/
Meriyame80137/
Merimets8024/
Merrimer804/
Merimech803/
Meriemme802/
Meriyeme801/
Merrieme801/
Merima7722,316/
Merimi773,793/
Marime772,201/
Merame7770/
Mereme7726/
Mirime7721/
Morime775/
Meryme774/
Merume771/
Marrime714,961/
Meriema711,932/
Meryeme71580/
Meraimi71517/
Merimaa71422/
Mireime7135/
Merimma7120/
Meremäe7118/
Miraime7112/
Meremes717/
Meerimi715/
Marimeh714/
Mirimoe713/
Merrima712/
Meremet712/
Meremer712/
Maraime712/
Maremee711/
Meirima711/
Meireme711/
Marimea711/
Merimäa711/
Mareime711/
Mearimi711/
Marhime711/
Mitrime711/
Meraima711/
Mereemi711/
Myraime711/
Meriemi711/
Merrimi711/
Meyrima711/
Moraime711/
Mirimei711/
Mereimi711/
Meremeh711/
Merimau711/
Merimis710/
Morhaime6735/
Merimoya6718/
Meriyema6716/
Meresmäe678/
Merhoume674/
Mereyeme674/
Mirimowe673/
Mirimoye673/
Mireimez671/
Mirimaye671/
Meryemme671/
Mereyima671/
Meriemma671/
Meremoie671/
Mérimech671/
Meriyama671/
Merrimma671/
Merrimay671/
Merimgai671/

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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
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  • 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 Merimee
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