Mriri Surname

612,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 504 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mriri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mriri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4841:109,38310,576
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Mriri Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mriri is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mriri? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 612,595th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,459,416 people. Mriri is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mriri are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mriri is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 484 people, or 1 in 109,383. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 66 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent live. Other than Tanzania Mriri is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Mriri Last Name Statistics demography

Mriri earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 320.83% more than the national average, earning R 1,000,060 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mrgiri91190/
Mrieri9189/
Mëritri831/
Mrira80289/
Mreri806/
Mruri802/
Mrire801/
Mreira7323/
Mritry733/
Mrirza731/
Mërzira671/
Mrere6031/
Mrera6012/
Mrury601/
M'Reri551/
Mreera551/
Mryhra551/
Mrehra551/
Mhrere551/
Mhretre502/
Mrayreh501/

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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 Mriri
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