Mersa Surname
Approximately 2,491 people bear this surname
Mersa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Italy | 95 | 1:643,755 | 57,578 |
| Romania | 92 | 1:218,238 | 21,332 |
| Austria | 38 | 1:224,090 | 27,245 |
| Iran | 34 | 1:2,258,310 | 76,749 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Merša (10) are calculated separately.
Mersa (9,303) may also be a first name.
Mersa Demographics
Average Mersa Salary in
United States
$19,766 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mersa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mersa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mersa (Georgian: მერსა, Hindi: मेरसा, Oriya: େମସର୍ା) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may be rendered as: Merša. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mersa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mersa is the 172,670th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,925,550 people. The surname Mersa occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Mersa live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 64,304th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 9,303 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Apart from Ethiopia this surname occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 4 percent are found and Romania, where 4 percent are found.
Mersa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mersa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mersa surname increased 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mersa Last Name Statistics demography
Mersa earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 54.19% less than the national average, earning $19,766 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mersa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mersa in the Georgian language | ||
| მერსა | mersa | - |
| Mersa in the Hindi language | ||
| मेरसा | merasa | - |
| Mersa in the Oriya language | ||
| େମସର୍ା | emasara | 66.67 |
| େମଷର୍ା | emasara | 33.33 |
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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 Mersa
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