Miriams Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Miriams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Miriams 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
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Miriams (446) may also be a first name.

Miriams Last Name Facts

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

The last name Miriams (Russian: Мириамс) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Miriams? popularity and diffusion

The surname Miriams is the 10,311,814th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Miriams is mostly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Miriams live; 33 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Miriams is also the 405,761st most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 446 people.

The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 46,179,900. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Miriams occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Miriams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Miriams has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Mirians861/
Merriams800/
Mitrijans751/
Merians7160/
Merjams711/
Meerians679/
Mitrions671/
Merrians670/
Mirajhans6310/
Mereans570/
Meerjans5349/
Meriance536/
Merijons531/
Merionse531/
Merijohns501/
Meeryanns500/
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Miriams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Miriams in the Russian language
Мириамсmiriams-

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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 Miriams
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