Marvellous Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Marvellous Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the marvellous,' the wonderful. Middle English mervaile, a wonder.

Robert le Mervyllous, clericus de Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Marvellous Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1751:1,012,24442,687
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Marvellous (9,324) may also be a first name.

Marvellous Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the marvellous,' the wonderful. Middle English mervaile, a wonder.

Robert le Mervyllous, clericus de Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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Marvellous Last Name Facts

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

Marvellous (Russian: Марвеллоус) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Marvellous? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,272,314th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Marvellous live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 64,221st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 9,324 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 1,012,244. In Nigeria Marvellous is most numerous in: Edo, where 20 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Rivers, where 15 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marvelous95258/
Marvellus953/
Marvello8953/
Marvelus896/
Marveluos841/
Marvilous841/
Marvelo824/
Morvelouse801/
Marvella78110/
Marvillo786/
Marvelux782/
Marvelio781/
Morvello781/
Marvilus781/
Marveloi781/
Marvelley74108/
Marvellie7468/
Marvillas745/
Marvellae741/
Marvelias741/
Morvelius740/
Marvela716/
Maruelo712/
Marwelo712/
Morvillius700/
Morvillo671,409/
Marvilla671,023/
Marzuelo6710/
Marvelia676/
Morvilus673/
Marvilas671/
Marvilio671/
Maruelas671/
Marvelee670/
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Marvellous Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Marvellous in the Russian language
Марвеллоусmarvellous-

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