Maehlen Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Maehlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maehlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maehlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maehlen is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Maehlen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maehlen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Maehlen is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Maehlen live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Maehlen is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany it is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 33 percent live and Hamburg, where 33 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Maehlen
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