Meritähti Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Meritähti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meritähti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland571:96,4339,934
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

The alternate forms: Meritahti (1) are calculated separately.

Meritähti Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meritähti Come From? nationality or country of origin

Meritähti is most common in Finland. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Meritahti. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Meritähti? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,394,033rd most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Meritähti are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Finland, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 96,433. In Finland Meritähti is most common in: Satakunta, where 39 percent live, Uusimaa, where 25 percent live and Southwest Finland, where 18 percent live. Other than Finland Meritähti occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 9 percent live and Estonia, where 2 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
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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 Meritähti
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