Meroyi Surname
Approximately 593 people bear this surname
Meroyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 575 | 1:308,074 | 17,128 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Meroyi (21) may also be a first name.
Meroyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meroyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meroyi occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Meroyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Meroyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meroyi is the 541,435th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,289,285 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Meroyi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 21 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 575 people, or 1 in 308,074. In Nigeria Meroyi is most numerous in: Ondo, where 59 percent reside, Ogun, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Meroyi
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