Mervelay Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Mervelay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mervelay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1471:451,85564,822
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Mervelay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mervelay is found most frequently in France. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mervelay? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mervelay is the 1,447,279th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name Mervelay is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Mervelay reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Mervelay is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 451,855. In France Mervelay is mostly concentrated in: Grand Est, where 81 percent live, Occitanie, where 14 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 2 percent live. Barring France this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mervela931/
Morvely8038/
Mervola8019/
Mervala809/
Marvela806/
Mervelä805/
Mervila801/
Mervelet75152/
Marvella75110/
Meruilay7529/
Mervaala7517/
Marvelia756/
Mervilla752/
Marvylay751/
Merveillaud7437/
Merveillaut7428/
Merveille715,820/
Marvelley71108/
Mervellet7116/
Mervelous711/
Marvila672,777/
Morveli67689/
Merveillie67276/
Marvala6718/
Merveilles6716/
Mirvala6713/
Marwela6711/
Mervile6710/
Marveli677/
Marvola677/
Maruela675/
Merveiller671/
Merbele671/
Merbeli671/
Merwala671/
Mirvila671/
Mervilä671/

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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 Mervelay
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