Merong Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Merong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 205 | 1:493,845 | 58,364 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Merong (32) may also be a first name.
Merong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merong (Bengali: মেরোং) is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merong is the 1,058,336th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Merong reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 84 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 32 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 493,845. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Ilocos, where 60 percent live, National Capital Region, where 14 percent live and Calabarzon, where 13 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Merong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Merong has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Merong last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merong in the Bengali language | ||
| মেরোং | merom | - |
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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 Merong
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