Merkhi Surname
Approximately 911 people bear this surname
Merkhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 668 | 1:57,832 | 9,741 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 1:43,616 | 6,025 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Merkhi (115) may also be a first name.
Merkhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merkhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merkhi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺧﻲ, Russian: Мерхи) is most common in Algeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merkhi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 389,084th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,999,502 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Merkhi live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 873,022nd most commonly held forename globally, held by 115 people.
The surname Merkhi is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 668 people, or 1 in 57,832. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Tébessa Province, where 44 percent live, Khenchela Province, where 25 percent live and Mila Province, where 19 percent live. Apart from Algeria Merkhi exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 19 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merkhi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merkhi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﺧﻲ | mrkhy | - |
| Merkhi in the Russian language | ||
| Мерхи | merhi | - |
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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 Merkhi
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