Meroe Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Meroe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Saint Lucia | 10 | 1:17,878 | 1,399 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
The alternate forms: Méroe (1) are calculated separately.
Meroe (481) may also be a first name.
Meroe Demographics
Average Meroe Salary in
United States
$87,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meroe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meroe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meroe has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can be rendered as a variant: Méroe. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meroe? popularity and diffusion
Meroe is the 1,385,851st most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Meroe are found; 77 percent are found in North Africa and 77 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Meroe is also the 387,696th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 481 people.
It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Not including Egypt this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Saint Lucia, where 6 percent are found.
Meroe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Meroe earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 102.88% more than the national average, earning $87,542 USD per year.
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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 Meroe
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