Mertah Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Mertah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mertah (56) may also be a first name.
Mertah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mertah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mertah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺗﺎﻩ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 769,129th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Mertah reside; 85 percent reside in North Africa and 84 percent reside in Mahgreb. Mertah is also the 1,321,957th most widespread first name globally, held by 56 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Beside Morocco Mertah exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mertah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mertah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﺗﺎﻩ | mrtah | - |
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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 Mertah
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