Merizig Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Merizig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Merizig Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria1181:327,38631,003
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Merizig Last Name Facts

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

The surname Merizig (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺮﻳﺰﻳﻚ) occurs most in Algeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Merizig.

How Common Is The Last Name Merizig? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,649,806th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Merizig reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.

This surname is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 327,386. In Algeria it is mostly found in: El Oued Province, where 65 percent live, Tamanghasset Province, where 32 percent live and Biskra Province, where 1 percent live. Excluding Algeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mereizig9317/
Merizigh931/
Merizigue884/
Mereizigh881/
Meriziq869/
Merizeg861/
Merisig861/
Merezig861/
Merizik861/
Mereizigue821/
Mereizik802/
Meraiziq801/
Merizek71278/
Meregig7131/
Miricig711/
Mierizek671/
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Merizig Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Merizig in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﺮﻳﺰﻳﻚamryzyk-

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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 Merizig
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