Merongo Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Merongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 39 | 1:1,184,100 | 35,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merongo is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Merongo is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Merongo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,184,100. In Kenya Merongo is most prevalent in: Kisii County, where 87 percent live, Migori County, where 10 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 3 percent live. Beside Kenya Merongo is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.
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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 Merongo
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