Mersha Surname
Approximately 53,062 people bear this surname
Mersha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 52,801 | 1:1,847 | 328 |
| United States | 178 | 1:2,036,286 | 130,241 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Mersha (111,427) may also be a first name.
Mersha Demographics
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Mersha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mersha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mersha (Arabic: ميرشا, Russian: Мерша) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mersha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,587th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,340 people. The last name Mersha is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mersha are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 9,227th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 111,427 people.
The last name Mersha is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 52,801 people, or 1 in 1,847. Besides Ethiopia it occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Mersha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mersha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mersha last name increased 2,967 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mersha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mersha last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mersha earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 1.76% more than the national average, earning $43,908 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.31% less than the national average, earning $32,639 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mersha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mersha in the Russian language | ||
| Мерша | mersa | - |
| Mersha in the Arabic language | ||
| ميرشا | myrsha | - |
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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 Mersha
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