Merl Surname
Approximately 2,799 people bear this surname
Merl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,809 | 1:44,503 | 5,835 |
| United States | 380 | 1:953,839 | 71,121 |
| Austria | 315 | 1:27,033 | 4,274 |
| Pakistan | 115 | 1:1,553,425 | 16,639 |
| Hungary | 40 | 1:245,407 | 19,663 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
Merl (3,879) may also be a first name.
Merl Demographics
Average Male Merl Height
177.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Merl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merl (Georgian: მერლ, Russian: Мерл) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merl? popularity and diffusion
The surname Merl is the 156,421st most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,603,625 people. The last name Merl occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Merl are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Merl is also the 112,645th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 3,879 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,809 people, or 1 in 44,503. In Germany Merl is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 50 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Austria, where 11 percent are found.
Merl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Merl has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Merl surname expanded 1,118 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Merl Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Merl last name are 7.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.56% being registered with the party.
The amount Merl earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 10.5% less than the national average, earning R 212,676 per year and in United States they earn 15% more than the national average, earning $49,622 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merl Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merl in the Georgian language | ||
| მერლ | merl | - |
| Merl in the Russian language | ||
| Мерл | merl | - |
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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 Merl
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