Merai
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Merai is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- GYGuyana1 in 38K(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 535K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 601K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 70 (measured from records)
- 1 in 38K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Merai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 535K | 17 | — | — |
| US United States | 102 | 1 in 3.3M | 105 | Merai | 70 |
| IN India | 89 | 1 in 15M | 89 | Merai | 34 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Merai | 23 |
| CA Canada | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Merai | 8 |
| GY Guyana | 20 | 1 in 38K | 20 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 12 | 1 in 850K | 12 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 11 | 1 in 764K | 11 | — | 2 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 601K | — | Merai | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Samira Meraib. 1963TNTunisian politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 105 | #152,989 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 102 | #158,432 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 89 | #30,779 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 20 | #605 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 13 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 12 | #36,078 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 12 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 11 | #56,728 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 10 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Merai have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 127 people named Merai in France, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Merai most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Merai is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 38 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Merai?
- In the United States, the national register counted 102 people named Merai in 2010, about 1 in 3.3 million residents.
What do you want to know about Merai?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/meraiThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Merai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.