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 is found in France more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Moerlen.

How Common Is The Last Name Moerlen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,727,723rd most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. Moerlen is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Moerlen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Moerlen is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 897,604. In France Moerlen is most prevalent in: Grand Est, where 81 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 1 percent live. Besides France Moerlen occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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