Merisa Surname
Approximately 393 people bear this surname
Merisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 355 | 1:372,533 | 31,924 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Merisa (4,386) may also be a first name.
Merisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merisa (Bengali: মেরিসা, Marathi: मेरीसा, Oriya: େମରିସା) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merisa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 735,823rd most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 18,543,374 people. The last name Merisa occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Merisa live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Merisa is also the 104,219th most prevalent given name in the world, held by 4,386 people.
The last name Merisa is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 355 people, or 1 in 372,533. In Indonesia Merisa is most prevalent in: West Sumatra, where 21 percent reside, West Kalimantan, where 19 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merisa in the Bengali language | ||
| মেরিসা | merisa | - |
| Merisa in the Oriya language | ||
| େମରିସା | emarisa | 81.82 |
| େମରିଶା | emarisa | 18.18 |
| Merisa in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरीसा | merisa | 54.55 |
| मॅरीसा | merisa | 18.18 |
| मेिरसा | meirasa | 18.18 |
| मेरीसाािन्सस | merisaainsasa | 9.09 |
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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 Merisa
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