Merilä Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Merilä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 306 | 1:17,963 | 2,565 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Merila (525) & Merilă (59) are calculated separately.
Merilä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merilä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merilä is found most in Finland. It can occur as a variant: Merila or Merilă. Click here for other possible spellings of Merilä.
How Common Is The Last Name Merilä? popularity and diffusion
It is the 830,559th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Merilä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is borne by 306 people, or 1 in 17,963. In Finland it is most common in: Southwest Finland, where 37 percent are found, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 22 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 21 percent are found. Beside Finland Merilä occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 7 percent are found and Norway, where 1 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 Merilä
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