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

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

Marvellous Last Name Facts

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

The last name Marvellous (Russian: Марвеллоус) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marvellous? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,272,314th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Marvellous reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Marvellous is also the 64,221st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 9,324 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 1,012,244. In Nigeria Marvellous is most frequent in: Edo, where 20 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 15 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Marvellous Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Marvellous in the Russian language
Марвеллоусmarvellous-

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