Meruis Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Meruis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meruis (36) may also be a first name.
Meruis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meruis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meruis is most common in Haiti. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meruis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meruis is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Meruis live; 57 percent live in Caribbean and 57 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 36 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Haiti, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,670,977. In Haiti it is primarily concentrated in: Ouest, where 100 percent live. Excluding Haiti this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 14 percent live and Ethiopia, where 14 percent live.
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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 Meruis
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