Merlijn Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Merlijn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 208 | 1:81,188 | 13,613 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Merlijn (1,526) may also be a first name.
Merlijn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merlijn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merlijn has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Merlijn? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,129,067th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name Merlijn occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Merlijn live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe. Merlijn is also the 198,636th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 1,526 people.
The surname Merlijn is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 81,188. In The Netherlands Merlijn is most numerous in: North Holland, where 31 percent live, Gelderland, where 26 percent live and Utrecht, where 25 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
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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 Merlijn
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