Merinos Surname

377,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 948 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Merinos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merinos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico8621:143,9984,537
Spain421:1,113,14439,565
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Turkey91:8,646,825130,497
France71:9,488,960336,266
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Meriños (11) & Mérinos (1) are calculated separately.

Merinos (41) may also be a first name.

Merinos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Merinos occurs in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Meriños or Mérinos. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merinos? popularity and diffusion

Merinos is the 377,044th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,687,285 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Merinos reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Merinos is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 41 people.

The last name Merinos is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is borne by 862 people, or 1 in 143,998. In Mexico Merinos is most common in: Veracruz, where 47 percent are found, Tamaulipas, where 34 percent are found and Nuevo León, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Mexico this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Merinos Last Name Statistics demography

Merinos earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.86% less than the national average, earning $35,875 USD per year.

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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 Merinos
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