Merique Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Merique Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merique Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France691:962,648108,938
Brazil651:3,293,45194,173
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Cuba91:1,280,3027,343
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Mérique (1) are calculated separately.

Merique (37) may also be a first name.

Merique Last Name Facts

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

The last name Merique is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Mérique. For other possible spellings of Merique click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merique? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,281,391st most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name Merique occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Merique reside; 43 percent reside in South America and 39 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 37 people.

It is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 962,648. In France it is most common in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 52 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 22 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 13 percent are found. Beside France this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 37 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Merique Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Merique surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

Merique earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

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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 Merique
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