First Name MERU

Summary

The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MERU is 63.1% White, 6.0% Hispanic origin, 3.6% Black, 23.7% Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.4% Two or More Races, and 0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native. These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate. The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution in the general population of the US.

The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name. The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population. The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.

On this basis, the people with the name MERU have a higher likelyhood of being Asian or Pacific Islander and a lower likelyhood of being Black.

Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories

Summary

• The state with the most people named MERU is California where 19 people have this name.
• Idaho is the state where you are most likely to meet a person named MERU, as 0.48 in every 100,000 Idahoans have this name.
• Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is 72nd, this rank was reached in the states of California.
• Idaho is the state with the biggest positive difference between the actual state population and the projected state population based on the national average. (where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line) with a difference of 37 more people than projected.
• The state with the biggest negative difference is Ohio (where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line) with a difference of 3,867 fewer people than projected.

Summary

Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MERU as a first name. The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as a percentage of all the people named MERU.

The most popular full name is MERU Thompson. 7.14% of all the people named MERU have this family name.

There are 20 last names associated with this first name.