Mérite Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Mérite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Merite (149) & Mérité (1) are calculated separately.
Mérite (17) may also be a first name.
Mérite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mérite Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mérite is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Merite or Mérité. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mérite.
How Common Is The Last Name Mérite? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mérite is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Mérite are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Mérite is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 17 people.
Mérite is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 33,211,361. In France it is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 100 percent live. Barring France Mérite exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 25 percent live and The Netherlands, where 25 percent live.
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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 Mérite
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