Meritan Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Meritan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
The alternate forms: Méritan (1) are calculated separately.
Meritan (150) may also be a first name.
Meritan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meritan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meritan has its highest incidence in France. It can appear as a variant: Méritan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meritan? popularity and diffusion
Meritan is the 1,310,135th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Meritan are found; 58 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 752,187th most numerous forename globally, held by 150 people.
The last name Meritan is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 670,937. In France Meritan is most frequent in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 51 percent live, Île-de-France, where 29 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 9 percent live. Aside from France this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 30 percent live and Tunisia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Méritan | 95 | 1 | / |
| Meriçtan | 93 | 17 | / |
| Meritant | 93 | 1 | / |
| Meritang | 93 | 1 | / |
| Meritane | 93 | 1 | / |
| Meritain | 93 | 0 | / |
| Merithan | 93 | 0 | / |
| Merithand | 88 | 1 | / |
| Maritan | 86 | 2,441 | / |
| Moritan | 86 | 242 | / |
| Meriton | 86 | 139 | / |
| Meritam | 86 | 17 | / |
| Miritan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Marietan | 80 | 165 | / |
| Maritain | 80 | 17 | / |
| Mereutan | 80 | 5 | / |
| Marittan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Meriston | 80 | 2 | / |
| Marithan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Merriton | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mariettan | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mehrestan | 75 | 1 | / |
| 'Meretane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Merestant | 75 | 1 | / |
| Merestand | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mirritand | 75 | 1 | / |
| Marrithan | 75 | 0 | / |
| Maretan | 71 | 498 | / |
| Morutan | 71 | 265 | / |
| Mariton | 71 | 235 | / |
| Marutan | 71 | 64 | / |
| Meritom | 71 | 14 | / |
| Mereton | 71 | 5 | / |
| Maritán | 71 | 4 | / |
| Miriton | 71 | 4 | / |
| Moritán | 71 | 3 | / |
| Moriton | 71 | 3 | / |
| Merystaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moretan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maruthan | 67 | 219 | / |
| Morhytan | 67 | 25 | / |
| Moretain | 67 | 15 | / |
| Marietán | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marieton | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meiryton | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marethan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moritton | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Meritan
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