Meriye Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Meriye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 202 | 1:228,613 | 16,073 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Meriye (408) may also be a first name.
Meriye Demographics
Meriye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Meriye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meriye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺮﻳﻪ) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Meriye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meriye is the 1,092,155th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Meriye reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Meriye is also the 426,776th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 408 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 228,613. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Turkana County, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Meriye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meriye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meriye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺮﻳﻪ | myryh | - |
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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 Meriye
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