Merje Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Merje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 44 | 1:456,315 | 35,605 |
| Peru | 34 | 1:934,827 | 18,471 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Merje (857) may also be a first name.
Merje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merje (Marathi: मेज) is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merje is the 1,980,395th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. Merje is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Merje reside; 49 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 49 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Merje is also the 278,206th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 857 people.
It is most frequent in Romania, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 456,315. In Romania Merje is mostly found in: Bihor County, where 100 percent reside. Other than Romania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 38 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merje in the Marathi language | ||
| मेज | meja | - |
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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 Merje
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