Merlyn Forename
11,314th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 88,732 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines
Merlyn Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 68,167 | 1:1,555 | 321 |
| United States | 62% | 6,698 | 1:54,126 | 2,967 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,784 | 1:4,943 | 652 |
| Venezuela | 97% | 1,476 | 1:20,462 | 1,707 |
| Indonesia | - | 875 | 1:294,816 | 25,778 |
| India | 100% | 804 | 1:1,511,042 | 86,458 |
| Canada | 100% | 791 | 1:41,888 | 2,955 |
| South Africa | 84% | 709 | 1:76,915 | 6,830 |
| Jamaica | - | 675 | 1:4,271 | 726 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 512 | 1:9,312 | 884 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 437 | 1:18,655 | 1,859 |
| England | 99% | 431 | 1:129,009 | 4,485 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 405 | 1:3,362 | 629 |
| Colombia | 83% | 368 | 1:129,834 | 3,745 |
| Guatemala | 81% | 327 | 1:49,261 | 1,677 |
| El Salvador | - | 288 | 1:22,020 | 1,102 |
| Namibia | - | 288 | 1:8,348 | 1,055 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Peru | 75% | 277 | 1:114,771 | 3,877 |
| Suriname | 56% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 204 | 1:51,134 | 3,395 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Nicaragua | 85% | 180 | 1:33,435 | 1,957 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 167 | 1:182,335 | 10,844 |
| Guyana | 100% | 145 | 1:5,264 | 953 |
| Brazil | 97% | 127 | 1:1,686,899 | 37,610 |
| Estonia | 100% | 120 | 1:10,962 | 1,201 |
| Mexico | 83% | 117 | 1:1,061,063 | 8,376 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 114 | 1:208,506 | 18,221 |
| Netherlands | 84% | 112 | 1:150,911 | 6,484 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Ecuador | - | 83 | 1:213,577 | 3,561 |
| Wales | 96% | 75 | 1:41,257 | 1,579 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Grenada | 100% | 51 | 1:2,120 | 447 |
| Scotland | 96% | 51 | 1:104,909 | 2,453 |
| Panama | 100% | 47 | 1:83,118 | 4,424 |
| Saint Lucia | 93% | 40 | 1:4,445 | 759 |
| Singapore | 100% | 37 | 1:169,920 | 8,215 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 37 | 1:416,860 | 20,046 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Australia | - | 27 | 1:505,838 | 7,990 |
| New Zealand | - | 27 | 1:168,002 | 5,821 |
| Qatar | 67% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Spain | 100% | 23 | 1:2,023,042 | 11,683 |
| Cuba | - | 22 | 1:523,025 | 3,136 |
| Germany | 80% | 22 | 1:4,394,449 | 18,771 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Sweden | 100% | 15 | 1:657,194 | 15,298 |
| Dominica | - | 13 | 1:5,805 | 334 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Liberia | 100% | 10 | 1:441,206 | 12,452 |
| China | - | 9 | 1:151,783,976 | 66,907 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Norway | 100% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Chile | 71% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,958 | 978 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 6 | 1:1,206,134 | 7,440 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6 | 1:11,677,636 | 152,954 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Finland | 60% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Cameroon | - | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Italy | 88% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Merlyn (322) may also be a surname.
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Sample size: 1,345 (2014)
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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
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