Merveilles Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Merveilles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Merveilles (868) may also be a first name.
Merveilles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merveilles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merveilles is carried by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merveilles? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merveilles is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Merveilles live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 276,206th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 868 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Chad, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 3,398,050. Without taking into account Chad this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merveille | 95 | 5,820 | / |
| Merveillie | 90 | 276 | / |
| Merveuille | 90 | 4 | / |
| Merveiller | 90 | 1 | / |
| Merville | 89 | 1,426 | / |
| Meurville | 84 | 186 | / |
| Mervaille | 84 | 66 | / |
| Mervillie | 84 | 53 | / |
| Mervellet | 84 | 16 | / |
| Mervillet | 84 | 1 | / |
| Marvilles | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mervile | 82 | 10 | / |
| Mervaillie | 80 | 72 | / |
| Mrreveille | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mirville | 78 | 1,718 | / |
| Mervelet | 78 | 152 | / |
| Myrville | 78 | 45 | / |
| Mervilla | 78 | 2 | / |
| Marveles | 78 | 2 | / |
| Marviles | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mirveles | 78 | 1 | / |
| Morvillez | 74 | 208 | / |
| Mirvalles | 74 | 1 | / |
| Marvels | 71 | 81 | / |
| Mervelä | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mervela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mirvile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merbele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mervilä | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marvils | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mervila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maireville | 70 | 25 | / |
| Mervilisse | 70 | 2 | / |
| Mervelay | 67 | 148 | / |
| Marvelis | 67 | 38 | / |
| Mervally | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirvalle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marvelez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marvales | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Merveilles
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