de Meritt Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

de Meritt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Meritt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

de Meritt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Meritt Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Meritt is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Meritt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of de Meritt reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New Jersey, where 33 percent live, New York, where 25 percent live and California, where 17 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent live.

de Meritt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Meritt has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Meritt Last Name Statistics demography

de Meritt earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.11% more than the national average, earning $50,531 USD per year.

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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
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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Meritt
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