Merour Surname

538,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4351:152,69623,696
Algeria1371:281,98228,537
Norway91:571,36544,190
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
England11:55,718,059489,080
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

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.

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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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mérour9416/
Mesrour921,014/
Mehrour9211/
Merrour922/
Merur9150/
Meror9124/
Mehrgour8624/
Mesroure862/
Mesrouer861/
Mesrrour861/
Mettrour861/
Merore8340/
Mesrur8313/
Mereur8310/
Mesror836/
Merotr834/
Meroer833/
Mehror833/
Meruer833/
Mieror831/
Merror831/
Mirour831/
Metror831/
Mergur831/
Merorh831/
Metrur831/
Merrur830/
Mehrotr77100/
Mesroor777/
Mehrorz776/
Mehraur774/
Merejor773/
Meerord772/
Mesrure772/
Merioar772/
Merguur771/
Mirourd771/
Metreur771/
Mesrorz771/
Mehrord771/
Meargor771/
Merortt770/
Merar731,043/
Miror73102/
Mirur7337/
Myrur731/
Meruyert7114/
Meherotr715/
Mehrothr711/
Mesrar673,630/
Meryer672,370/
Merhar67932/
Miroir67601/
Merard67305/
Merair67283/
Mireur67242/
Mirror67124/
Merrar67101/
Merier6768/
Mergar6755/
Mirhor6749/
Majrur6748/
Méreur6713/
Mehrar6712/
Merare6710/
Muirur674/
Meratr673/
Meerar673/
Mereer673/
Mirzor672/
Mairur671/
Mirgor671/
Moirur671/
Mirrur671/
Meraar671/
Mirore671/
Meraer670/

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