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 is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Merlijn click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merlijn? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merlijn is the 1,129,067th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name is predominantly found 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 frequently held given name globally, held by 1,526 people.
The last name Merlijn is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 81,188. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 31 percent reside, Gelderland, where 26 percent reside and Utrecht, where 25 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
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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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