Merwa Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Merwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99 | 1:1,022,608 | 86,972 |
| Poland | 99 | 1:383,927 | 41,878 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Merwa (504) may also be a first name.
Merwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merwa (Marathi: मेरवा) is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Merwa? popularity and diffusion
Merwa is the 1,017,412th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Merwa live; 41 percent live in Eastern Europe and 41 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Merwa is also the 377,412th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 504 people.
The last name Merwa is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 1,022,608. In The Philippines Merwa is mostly found in: National Capital Region, where 55 percent live, Eastern Visayas, where 26 percent live and Soccsksargen, where 8 percent live. Not including The Philippines it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 40 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merwa in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरवा | merava | - |
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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 Merwa
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