Merfield Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Merfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Merfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Merfield occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Merfield? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,460,878th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Merfield occurs mostly in Europe, where 36 percent of Merfield are found; 36 percent are found in Northern Europe and 36 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England it is most frequent in: Kent, where 33 percent reside, East Sussex, where 33 percent reside and Greater London, where 14 percent reside. Besides England this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.

Merfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Merfield has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 188 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Merfield Last Name Statistics demography

Merfield earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.76% less than the national average, earning $29,012 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merrfield9410/
Merhfield941/
Merfeld931,294/
Mirfield88278/
Murfield88274/
Marfield8899/
Meerfeld8899/
Myrfield8872/
Morfield8866/
Mehrfeld8854/
Meirfeld885/
Merfeldt881/
Merfelds881/
Mohrfield8224/
Muirfield825/
Mairfield822/
Meerrfeld821/
Morfeld80729/
Myrfeld8055/
Marfeld8045/
Mirfeld801/
Merfelt800/
Mohrfeld75259/
Maarfeld7551/
Morfeldt7540/
Mörfeldt758/
Marfeldt757/
Meerffld751/
Mahrfeld750/
Mearfelt750/
Mohrfeldt7112/
Muirfeldt712/
Myhrfeldt711/
Mohrfildt710/
Marfelt6742/
Mörfelt6719/
Morfelt6713/
Morfilt671/
Myrefelt6327/
Maarfelt635/
Marflet530/
Marflett500/

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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
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  • 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 Merfield
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