Merlins Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Latvia

Merlins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merlins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Merlins (97) may also be a first name.

Merlins Last Name Facts

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

Merlins (Russian: Мерлинс) is most common in Brazil. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Merlins.

How Common Is The Last Name Merlins? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Merlins reside; 68 percent reside in South America and 68 percent reside in Luso-South America. Merlins is also the 962,660th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 97 people.

The surname Merlins is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 9,307,580. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 39 percent are found, Rondônia, where 39 percent are found and Bahia, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Latvia, where 3 percent are found.

Merlins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Merlins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Merlins last name increased 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moerlins9347/
Merliens931/
Merhlins930/
Marlins8644/
Mörlins8610/
Morlins861/
Merlens860/
Marliens804/
Merlince804/
Mehrlens800/
Merrillions781/
Morlens7167/
Marlens7112/
Myrlens710/

Merlins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Merlins in the Russian language
Мерлинсmerlins-

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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 Merlins
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