Meriños Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Meriños Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Merinos (948) & Mérinos (1) are calculated separately.
Meriños Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriños Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meriños is found in Chile more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Merinos or Mérinos. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriños? popularity and diffusion
Meriños is the 5,812,366th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Meriños are found; 91 percent are found in South America and 73 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
This surname is most commonly held in Chile, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,202,059. In Chile it is most numerous in: Tarapacá Region, where 88 percent reside and Atacama Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Chile it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 9 percent reside and Mexico, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merinos | 95 | 948 | / |
| Meiriños | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mérinos | 90 | 1 | / |
| Merriño | 86 | 2 | / |
| Meriñas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mergiño | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meroiño | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moriños | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meyriño | 86 | 1 | / |
| Metrinos | 80 | 2 | / |
| Meirinos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Merinhos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Merino | 77 | 186,504 | / |
| Mereño | 77 | 58 | / |
| Miriño | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meriñó | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meirinhos | 75 | 693 | / |
| Marinos | 71 | 5,347 | / |
| Merinot | 71 | 466 | / |
| Merinas | 71 | 142 | / |
| Meringo | 71 | 80 | / |
| Merrino | 71 | 73 | / |
| Mariñoz | 71 | 60 | / |
| Morinos | 71 | 13 | / |
| Merisna | 71 | 12 | / |
| Meyrino | 71 | 9 | / |
| Merenos | 71 | 3 | / |
| Meriono | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moriñas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Meriona | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maríños | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merreño | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merinus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merinoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merieno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meraino | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mirinos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mareños | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marinhos | 67 | 128 | / |
| Merueñas | 67 | 39 | / |
| Metrinou | 67 | 16 | / |
| Moreinos | 67 | 15 | / |
| Meirisna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Marriñas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mereuñas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marrinos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merienas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meiriona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meirinuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merriona | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Meriños
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