The Mera surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,586 people carried this name — #16,635 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 169,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 130 people named Mera.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
81 people named Mera live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mera.
- Meny 291 · U.S. census
- Menzel 2,616 · U.S. census
- Menzer 666 · U.S. census
- Meo 773 · U.S. census
- Meoni 114 · U.S. census
- Mer 113 · U.S. census
- Meras 406 · U.S. census
- Mercadal 171 · U.S. census
- Mercader 139 · U.S. census
- Mercer 33,797 · U.S. census
- Merceron 113 · U.S. census
- Mercieca 139 · U.S. census
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