Meriniemi Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Meriniemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meriniemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland211:261,74820,300
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Meriniemi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meriniemi is more frequently found in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Meriniemi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Meriniemi is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Meriniemi is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Meriniemi are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly held in Finland, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 261,748. In Finland Meriniemi is most prevalent in: Uusimaa, where 52 percent live, Satakunta, where 24 percent live and Central Finland, where 14 percent live. Barring Finland it is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 9 percent live.

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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 Meriniemi
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