Meroy Surname
Approximately 538 people bear this surname
Meroy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 475 | 1:213,133 | 33,228 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Meroy (90) may also be a first name.
Meroy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meroy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meroy (Marathi: मेरोय) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meroy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 582,776th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Meroy live; 88 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,005,046th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 90 people.
The last name is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 475 people, or 1 in 213,133. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 28 percent reside, Davao Region, where 20 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 18 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 5 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Meroy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meroy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meroy last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meroy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meroy in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरोय | meroya | 50 |
| मॅलरॉय | melaroya | 50 |
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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 Meroy
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