Merfoud Surname

508,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 644 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Merfoud Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Merfoud 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
Algeria6411:60,26810,073
France31:22,140,907385,998

Merfoud Last Name Facts

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

The last name Merfoud is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merfoud? popularity and diffusion

It is the 508,499th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,316,065 people. The last name Merfoud occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Merfoud live; 100 percent live in North Africa and 100 percent live in Mahgreb.

Merfoud is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is carried by 641 people, or 1 in 60,268. In Algeria Merfoud is mostly found in: Algiers Province, where 45 percent live, Blida Province, where 30 percent live and Aïn Defla Province, where 24 percent live. Excluding Algeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in France, where 0 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
Merfou921/
Merfaud861/
Merfous861/
Merfoue861/
Merfu83240/
Mahrfoud801/
Marfud7735/
Merfad771/
Merfut771/
Mehrfad7119/
Morfood711/
Maarfod711/
Marfood711/
Mrefu671,525/
Merfa67114/
Mirfu672/
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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 Merfoud
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