Merfoud Surname
Approximately 644 people bear this surname
Merfoud Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 641 | 1:60,268 | 10,073 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
Merfoud Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merfoud Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merfoud is most common in Algeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Merfoud? popularity and diffusion
It is the 508,499th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 11,316,065 people. The surname Merfoud is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Merfoud live; 100 percent live in North Africa and 100 percent live in Mahgreb.
It is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 60,268. In Algeria Merfoud is primarily found in: Algiers Province, where 45 percent are found, Blida Province, where 30 percent are found and Aïn Defla Province, where 24 percent are found. Aside from Algeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent are found.
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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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