Merins Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Latvia

Merins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Merins (47) may also be a first name.

Merins Last Name Facts

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

Merins (Marathi: मॅरीन्स, Russian: Меринс) is found most in Brazil. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Merins? popularity and diffusion

The last name Merins is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Merins occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Merins reside; 47 percent reside in South America and 47 percent reside in Luso-South America. Merins is also the 1,467,136th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 47 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 26,759,292. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 75 percent are found and Paraná, where 25 percent are found. Not including Brazil this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Merins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Merins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Merins surname decreased 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merrins92157/
Mierins9298/
Mergins9232/
Meriens928/
Metrins923/
Meirins922/
Meerins922/
Mehrins920/
Merns9118/
Moerihns861/
Marins8328,282/
Mearns834,171/
Merens83630/
Merims8398/
Morins8376/
Mirins832/
Meirns832/
Merinç831/
Mernns830/
Mehrens771,607/
Meurens77193/
Mariens77113/
Meirens7793/
Marrins7769/
Meerens7768/
Mairins7766/
Marijns7746/
Merrims7740/
Mariëns7731/
Merrens7727/
Maerens7715/
Merense7712/
Moerens7710/
Moriens779/
Morrins778/
Mierens771/
Marinss771/
Merince771/
Mitrins771/
Maarins771/
Marinns770/
Mernsch770/
Morns73202/
Marns73151/
Mirns732/
Meurrens71573/
Meirense714/
Morriens712/
Marinsch711/
Morens67208/
Merenz67115/
Marinz67110/
Merems6762/
Marens6749/
Marnæs679/
Mörnås676/
Mornsh671/
Mernce671/
Myrens671/
Mirinsova671/
Marhns671/
Mariñs671/
Marnss671/
Mirens671/
Meryms671/
Miorns670/
Mairns670/

Merins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Merins in the Marathi language
मॅरीन्सmerinsa-
Merins in the Russian language
Меринсmerins-

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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 Merins
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