Merthyr Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Merthyr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merthyr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales61:515,75523,171
England11:55,718,059489,080

Merthyr (9) may also be a first name.

Merthyr Last Name Facts

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

The surname Merthyr is most common in Wales. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Merthyr? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Merthyr is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Merthyr reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 9 people.

The last name Merthyr is most frequently held in Wales, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 515,755. In Wales it is primarily concentrated in: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, where 83 percent live and City and County of Newport, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Wales this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merther8681/
Merter771,458/
Mertir774/
Myrtyr771/
Merttir71123/
Mertier715/
Mertior712/
Merrter711/
Mertert711/
Meerdter6740/
Mirtir621/
Mairtre571/

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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
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  • 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 Merthyr
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