Merfu Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Merfu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Merfu 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
Romania2381:84,3619,856
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

Merfu (11) may also be a first name.

Merfu Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Merfu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,044,719th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Merfu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 11 people.

This last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 84,361. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Gorj County, where 85 percent live, Hunedoara County, where 12 percent live and Mehedinți County, where 2 percent live. Not including Romania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 1 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
Merfut911/
Merfou911/
Merfoud83644/
Merfous831/
Merfaud831/
Mrefu801,525/
Marfu80456/
Morfu80114/
Mirfu802/
Morfeu7324/
Maarfu732/
Mrefuh731/
Mayrefu671/
Morfú603/
Morfù601/
Marphu553/
Mrefoo551/
Morphou50221/
Morpheu505/
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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 Merfu
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