Merites Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Merites Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Merites (72) may also be a first name.
Merites Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merites Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merites (Russian: Меритес) occurs most in Venezuela. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merites? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Merites are found; 60 percent are found in South America and 60 percent are found in Caribbean South America. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 72 people.
The last name Merites is most widespread in Venezuela, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 10,068,026. In Venezuela Merites is most prevalent in: Aragua, where 33 percent reside, Guárico, where 33 percent reside and Zulia, where 33 percent reside. Not including Venezuela Merites is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 20 percent reside and Russia, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merites Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merites in the Russian language | ||
| Меритес | merites | - |
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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 Merites
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