Merrah Surname
Approximately 1,543 people bear this surname
Merrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,494 | 1:25,858 | 4,720 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Merrah (31) may also be a first name.
Merrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merrah occurs most in Algeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merrah? popularity and diffusion
Merrah is the 255,670th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,722,972 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Merrah reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. Merrah is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 31 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,494 people, or 1 in 25,858. In Algeria Merrah is most numerous in: Chlef Province, where 27 percent live, Médéa Province, where 16 percent live and Algiers Province, where 15 percent live. Barring Algeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent live and Morocco, where 1 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 Merrah
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