Merzough Surname
Approximately 1,011 people bear this surname
Merzough Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,008 | 1:4,062 | 486 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
Merzough (19) may also be a first name.
Merzough Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merzough Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merzough (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺯﻭﻙ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merzough? popularity and diffusion
It is the 358,623rd most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,208,255 people. Merzough occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Merzough are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Merzough is also the 2,523,061st most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname Merzough is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,008 people, or 1 in 4,062. In Mauritania Merzough is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 29 percent live, Assaba Region, where 14 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 13 percent live. Other than Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merzough Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merzough in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﺯﻭﻙ | mrzwk | 62.7 |
| ﻣﺮﺯﻭﻕ | mrzwq | 36.9 |
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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
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- 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 Merzough
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