Merue Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Merue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merue occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Merue click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merue? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merue is the 2,047,559th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Merue are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Merue is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Merue is primarily found in: Delta, where 91 percent reside, Abia, where 5 percent reside and Ondo, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Merue is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Merue
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