View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Merlan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Merlan (Marathi: मॅरलन, Russian: Мерлан) is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Merlán. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Merlan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 147,321^st most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,424,333 people. The last name Merlan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 43 percent of Merlan live; 35 percent live in Eastern Europe and 34 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 188,949^th most numerous forename on earth, held by 1,661 people.

The surname Merlan is most common in Romania, where it is carried by 770 people, or 1 in 26,075. In Romania it is most common in: Bacău County, where 23 percent are found, Iași County, where 20 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Romania it is found in 31 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 26 percent are found and Mexico, where 15 percent are found.

Merlan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Merlan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Merlan last name grew 664 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Merlan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Merlan surname are 1.76% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.47% registered to vote for the party.

Merlan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.32% more than the national average, earning $45,015 USD per year.