Merlene Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Merlene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 98 | 1:3,698,561 | 204,970 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Merlène (1) are calculated separately.
Merlene (9,549) may also be a first name.
Merlene Demographics
Average Merlene Salary in
United States
$66,299 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Merlene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merlene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merlene (Marathi: मेरलीन) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Merlène. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merlene? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,596,935th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Merlene are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Merlene is also the 63,212th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 9,549 people.
The surname Merlene is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 3,698,561. In The United States Merlene is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 23 percent live, Ohio, where 22 percent live and Arizona, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Merlene Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Merlene has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Merlene last name expanded 9,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Merlene Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Merlene surname are 30.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.92% registered to vote for the political party.
Merlene earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 53.65% more than the national average, earning $66,299 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merlene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merlene in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरलीन | meralina | - |
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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 Merlene
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