Mereline Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mereline Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mereline Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Mereline (225) may also be a first name.

Mereline Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mereline is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mereline.

How Common Is The Last Name Mereline? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Mereline occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Mereline live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 599,828th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 225 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West New Britain, where 50 percent are found, East New Britain, where 25 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 25 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 13 percent are found.

Mereline Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mereline has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mereline surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Mereline
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