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
The surname Merites (Russian: Меритес) is found most in Venezuela. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merites? popularity and diffusion
Merites is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Merites occurs predominantly 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 widely held first name globally, borne by 72 people.
The surname Merites is most frequent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 10,068,026. In Venezuela Merites is mostly concentrated in: Aragua, where 33 percent live, Guárico, where 33 percent live and Zulia, where 33 percent live. Other than Venezuela this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 20 percent live and Russia, where 20 percent live.
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
- 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 Merites
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