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
Mersha Political Affiliation
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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) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mersha? popularity and diffusion
Mersha is the 10,587th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 137,340 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mersha live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mersha is also the 9,227th most numerous forename globally It is held by 111,427 people.
Mersha is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 52,801 people, or 1 in 1,847. Not including Ethiopia this surname is found in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Mersha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mersha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mersha last name expanded 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political 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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