Merjavy Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Merjavy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merjavy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

The alternate forms: Merjavý (4) are calculated separately.

Merjavy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Merjavy is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Merjavý. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Merjavy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Merjavy is the 5,812,366th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Merjavy occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Merjavy reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Merjavy is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Merjavy is most prevalent in: Missouri, where 75 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Illinois, where 13 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 18 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merjavý954/
Merjave8621/
Merjavá8616/
Merhavy867/
Merjava864/
Merjavi861/
Merzaby71136/
Merhavi7114/
Marjavi717/
Merhaby714/
Mersawy714/
Mirjave713/
Marjawy711/
Mereaby711/
Mirjgave677/
Mehrzavi671/

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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 Merjavy
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