Meroye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Meroye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Meroye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meroye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meroye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Meroye.
How Common Is The Last Name Meroye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Meroye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Meroye reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Meroye is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in France, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Meroye
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