Merjay Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Merjay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Merjay (16) may also be a first name.
Merjay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merjay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merjay has its highest incidence in France. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Merjay.
How Common Is The Last Name Merjay? popularity and diffusion
Merjay is the 4,427,875th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Merjay is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Merjay live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Merjay is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France Merjay is mostly found in: Grand Est, where 63 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 31 percent are found and Brittany, where 6 percent are found. Other than France this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Merjay
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