Merinan Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Hungary

Merinan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merinan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Meriñan (29) & Meriñán (2) are calculated separately.

Merinan (3) may also be a first name.

Merinan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Merinan is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Meriñan or Meriñán. Click here for other possible spellings of Merinan.

How Common Is The Last Name Merinan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Merinan reside; 33 percent reside in South America and 33 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 7,463,778th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 3 people.

The surname Merinan is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil Merinan is mostly concentrated in: Amazonas, where 100 percent are found. Not including Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 33 percent are found and Hungary, where 33 percent are found.

Merinan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Merinan
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