Merlingen Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Merlingen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Merlingen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria301:283,84832,444
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Merlingen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Merlingen Come From? nationality or country of origin

Merlingen is more frequently found in Austria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Merlingen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merlingen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Merlingen live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Merlingen is most common in Austria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 283,848. In Austria Merlingen is primarily found in: Salzburg, where 60 percent reside and Vienna, where 40 percent reside. Outside of Austria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meyer-Lingen867/
Marlangen78130/
Mayer-Lauingen7821/
Marlangeon7463/
Mary-Longin501/

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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 Merlingen
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