Moerlen Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Moerlen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moerlen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France741:897,604104,173
Switzerland371:221,97118,930
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Moerlen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moerlen occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Moerlen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,727,723rd most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Moerlen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 897,604. In France it is mostly found in: Grand Est, where 81 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 1 percent live. Other than France this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 33 percent live and Brazil, where 1 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
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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 Moerlen
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