Merour Surname
Approximately 597 people bear this surname
Merour Surname User-submission:
The surname, Merour, comes from Brittany (northwestern France). In the Breton language, a merer or merour comes from métayer. It's a person who uses the land of a landlord and pays a contribution for it.
Merour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 435 | 1:152,696 | 23,696 |
| Algeria | 137 | 1:281,982 | 28,537 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
The alternate forms: Mérour (16) are calculated separately.
Merour Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname, Merour, comes from Brittany (northwestern France). In the Breton language, a merer or merour comes from métayer. It's a person who uses the land of a landlord and pays a contribution for it.
- ojibwaMerour Demographics
Average Merour Salary in
Norway
691,306 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Merour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merour is most common in France. It can occur in the variant forms: Mérour. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merour? popularity and diffusion
Merour is the 538,780th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,206,945 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Merour reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 435 people, or 1 in 152,696. In France it is most common in: Brittany, where 35 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 10 percent reside. Aside from France this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 23 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.
Merour Last Name Statistics demography
Merour earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 99.75% more than the national average, earning 691,306 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mérour | 94 | 16 | / |
| Mesrour | 92 | 1,014 | / |
| Mehrour | 92 | 11 | / |
| Merrour | 92 | 2 | / |
| Merur | 91 | 50 | / |
| Meror | 91 | 24 | / |
| Mehrgour | 86 | 24 | / |
| Mesroure | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mesrouer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mesrrour | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mettrour | 86 | 1 | / |
| Merore | 83 | 40 | / |
| Mesrur | 83 | 13 | / |
| Mereur | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mesror | 83 | 6 | / |
| Merotr | 83 | 4 | / |
| Meroer | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mehror | 83 | 3 | / |
| Meruer | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mieror | 83 | 1 | / |
| Merror | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mirour | 83 | 1 | / |
| Metror | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mergur | 83 | 1 | / |
| Merorh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Metrur | 83 | 1 | / |
| Merrur | 83 | 0 | / |
| Mehrotr | 77 | 100 | / |
| Mesroor | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mehrorz | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mehraur | 77 | 4 | / |
| Merejor | 77 | 3 | / |
| Meerord | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mesrure | 77 | 2 | / |
| Merioar | 77 | 2 | / |
| Merguur | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mirourd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Metreur | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mesrorz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mehrord | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meargor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Merortt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Merar | 73 | 1,043 | / |
| Miror | 73 | 102 | / |
| Mirur | 73 | 37 | / |
| Myrur | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meruyert | 71 | 14 | / |
| Meherotr | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mehrothr | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mesrar | 67 | 3,630 | / |
| Meryer | 67 | 2,370 | / |
| Merhar | 67 | 932 | / |
| Miroir | 67 | 601 | / |
| Merard | 67 | 305 | / |
| Merair | 67 | 283 | / |
| Mireur | 67 | 242 | / |
| Mirror | 67 | 124 | / |
| Merrar | 67 | 101 | / |
| Merier | 67 | 68 | / |
| Mergar | 67 | 55 | / |
| Mirhor | 67 | 49 | / |
| Majrur | 67 | 48 | / |
| Méreur | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mehrar | 67 | 12 | / |
| Merare | 67 | 10 | / |
| Muirur | 67 | 4 | / |
| Meratr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Meerar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mereer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mirzor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mairur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirgor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moirur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirrur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meraar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meraer | 67 | 0 | / |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Merour
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