Merscheid Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Merscheid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Merscheid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merscheid Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merscheid occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Merscheid.
How Common Is The Last Name Merscheid? popularity and diffusion
Merscheid is the 2,689,253rd most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Merscheid live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 67 percent live, Hesse, where 31 percent live and Bavaria, where 2 percent live. Excluding Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
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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 Merscheid
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