Merfeld Surname

294,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Merfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8531:424,92336,761
Germany3971:202,78523,220
France301:2,214,091176,965
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Merfeld Last Name Facts

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

The last name Merfeld occurs most in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Merfeld? popularity and diffusion

The surname Merfeld is the 294,812th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 5,631,797 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Merfeld reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Merfeld is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 853 people, or 1 in 424,923. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Iowa, where 32 percent live, Wisconsin, where 12 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States Merfeld exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 31 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Merfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Merfeld has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Merfeld surname expanded 7,108 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Merfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Merfeld last name are 24.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.57% being registered to vote for the party.

Merfeld earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.5% more than the national average, earning $43,796 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
  • 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 Merfeld
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