Meringe Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Meringe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Meringe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meringe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meringe is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Meringe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meringe? popularity and diffusion
Meringe is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Meringe are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Meringe is most common in: Morobe, where 56 percent reside and Madang, where 44 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Meringe occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Meringe
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