Meryf Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Meryf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Meryf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq1101:318,3796,214
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Meryf (15) may also be a first name.

Meryf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meryf Come From? nationality or country of origin

Meryf is held by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Meryf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,736,881st most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Meryf live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Levant. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name Meryf is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 318,379. Beside Iraq this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merif8043/
Meref801/
Metref731,561/
Merife7322/
Mesref735/
Mearef734/
Meriff732/
Merhef732/
Merefe732/
Meredf731/
Metryv731/
Mearif731/
Merref731/
Merrif731/
Mmerife6731/
Merefhe671/
Meraife671/
Merrift671/
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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 Meryf
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