Mirlees Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Mirlees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
Mirlees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mirlees Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mirlees is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mirlees.
How Common Is The Last Name Mirlees? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Mirlees reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
Mirlees is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 50 percent live and Texas, where 50 percent live. Other than The United States Mirlees is found in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 33 percent live.
Mirlees Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mirlees has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Mirlees
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