Merite Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Merite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 71 | 1:935,531 | 107,040 |
| Mauritius | 40 | 1:32,335 | 6,474 |
| Haiti | 8 | 1:1,335,488 | 14,216 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Mérite (4) & Mérité (1) are calculated separately.
Merite (2,322) may also be a first name.
Merite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merite Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merite occurs most in France. It can also be rendered as: Mérite or Mérité. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merite? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,441,361st most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Merite is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Merite are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Merite is also the 154,431st most prevalent forename on earth, held by 2,322 people.
This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 935,531. In France Merite is primarily found in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 35 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 28 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent reside. Apart from France Merite is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 27 percent reside and Haiti, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Merite
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