Merou Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Merou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 290 | 1:229,044 | 35,526 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Mérou (2) are calculated separately.
Merou (222) may also be a first name.
Merou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭ, Russian: Мероу) is most common in France. It can also be rendered as: Mérou. Click here for other possible spellings of Merou.
How Common Is The Last Name Merou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Merou is the 772,238th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname Merou occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Merou reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 605,116th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 222 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 290 people, or 1 in 229,044. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Occitanie, where 86 percent live, Grand Est, where 6 percent live and Île-de-France, where 3 percent live. Aside from France it is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 5 percent live and Mauritania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﻭ | mrw | 83.33 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺮﻭ | amyrw | 16.67 |
| Merou in the Russian language | ||
| Мероу | merou | - |
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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 Merou
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