Merillou Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Merillou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merillou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3531:188,16629,257
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Mérillou (15) are calculated separately.

Merillou Last Name Facts

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

Merillou occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Mérillou. Click here for other potential spellings of Merillou.

How Common Is The Last Name Merillou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 791,719th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Merillou reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most widely held in France, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 188,166. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 61 percent live, Île-de-France, where 18 percent live and Occitanie, where 10 percent live. Barring France it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mérillou9615/
Merilloux944/
Merillo931,042/
Merillu9310/
Metrillo881,182/
Merillot8825/
Merrillo884/
Merillio883/
Merillos883/
Meruillo881/
Merillus881/
Myrillou881/
Merlou8682/
Merllo8663/
Merllu861/
Metrillio822/
Merilleau822/
Merilliod821/
Mettrillo821/
Metrillot821/
Merello804,077/
Merilla80151/
Mirillo8075/
Merlhou8015/
Merlouz801/
Merrillaux780/
Merlo7769,056/
Merlu77168/
Miriello75832/
Merillat75710/
Merillas75258/
Mergilla75109/
Myrillos7523/
Mirillio757/
Merelllo756/
Merllott755/
Muirillo754/
Mitrillo752/
Mirgillo752/
Metrello752/
Merrello752/
Merzilla751/
Merillay751/
Mayrillo751/
Merellio751/
Merellus751/
Mérillot751/
Mearllus751/
Merilley751/
Merillea750/
Merlos7112,709/
Merlot711,558/
Merlau71426/
Merloz71410/
Mierlo71352/
Meerlo71180/
Merlut71144/
Merloi7178/
Merlus7162/
Merlio7150/
Merluț7144/
Mirlou7139/
Mitrellou7131/
Merlla7113/
Merloe719/
Merrlo712/
Meiriella712/
Merrillat711/
Mehrlo711/
Merliu711/
Merloo711/
Merloy711/
Metrellio711/
Merloh710/
Merlue710/
Merluy710/
Merella671,009/
Merlaud67950/
Merliot67343/
Meerloo67135/
Myrilla67128/
Merlaut6780/
Mirilla6778/
Mirloup6776/
Mierluț6771/
Mierloi6755/
Mierlau6726/
Mirello6724/
Merlott676/
Mirellu674/
Merllie673/
Muirllo672/
Merlius671/
Merllat671/
Mirielloii671/
Mierluș671/
Mirloux671/
Mehrloo671/
Merylla671/
Merloos671/
Merrlos671/
Meirelo671/
Meerloa670/

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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 Merillou
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