Merimer Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Merimer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merimer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya791:584,55627,458
France11:66,422,722504,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Merimer (108) may also be a first name.

Merimer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Merimer has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Merimer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,091,648th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Merimer are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 108 people.

Merimer is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya Merimer is mostly concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 99 percent live and Kericho County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Merimer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Merimer last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merrimer934/
Merime92185/
Merisme86561/
Merieme86460/
Merimee86184/
Marimer8661/
Merimäe8610/
Mergime863/
Meremer862/
Mereime862/
Meraime862/
Morimer862/
Merimée861/
Merrime861/
Merumer861/
Merimet861/
Merimed861/
Meisreimer822/
Meremere8037/
Merimets8024/
Merrimee807/
Merimech803/
Morrimer803/
Marimier803/
Meriemme802/
Merrieme801/
Marrimer801/
Moreimer800/
Merima7722,316/
Merimi773,793/
Mereme7726/
Mirime7721/
Meryme774/
Meerjmeer751/
Meriema711,932/
Meraimi71517/
Merimaa71422/
Mheremhere71187/
Mireime7135/
Merimma7120/
Mérimée7119/
Meremäe7118/
Miraime7112/
Meremes717/
Meerimi715/
Meremet712/
Merrima712/
Mearimi711/
Meirima711/
Mitrime711/
Meraima711/
Myraime711/
Meriemi711/
Merrimi711/
Meyrima711/
Mirimei711/
Mereimi711/
Meremeh711/
Merimäa711/
Meireme711/
Merimis710/
Meresmäe678/
Merrimay671/
Merimgai671/
Meriemma671/
Mireimez671/
Mérimech671/
Merrimma671/

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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 Merimer
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