Meronha Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Meronha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Meronha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meronha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meronha is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meronha? popularity and diffusion
Meronha is the 1,918,812th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. Meronha occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Meronha reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 98 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 2,326,895. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 64 percent live, Paraná, where 23 percent live and Acre, where 13 percent live. Apart from Brazil this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 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 Meronha
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