Merista Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Merista Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Merista (123) may also be a first name.
Merista Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merista Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merista occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merista? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Merista is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Merista live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Merista is also the 840,349th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 123 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 5,749,965. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 91 percent live and Jakarta, where 4 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 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
- 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 Merista
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