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
Merue is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merue? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,047,559th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Merue reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Merue is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 91 percent reside, Abia, where 5 percent reside and Ondo, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common 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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