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) is found most frequently in Morocco. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 769,129th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname Mertah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Mertah live; 85 percent live in North Africa and 84 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 56 people.
The surname is most common in Morocco, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Without taking into account Morocco this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent reside and Egypt, where 1 percent reside.
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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