Merrillees Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Merrillees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
Merrillees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merrillees Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merrillees occurs most in Australia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merrillees? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Merrillees occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Merrillees reside; 86 percent reside in Australasia and 86 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname Merrillees is most commonly held in Australia, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,499,761. In Australia it is primarily found in: Victoria, where 72 percent reside, New South Wales, where 17 percent reside and Queensland, where 6 percent reside. Other than Australia Merrillees is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.
Merrillees Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Merrillees has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
Merrillees Reference & Research
Merrilees DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Merrilees FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Merrillees
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis