Mérel Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Mérel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Merel (3,079) are calculated separately.
Mérel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mérel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mérel is most common in France. It may appear in the variant forms: Merel. Click here for further possible spellings of Mérel.
How Common Is The Last Name Mérel? popularity and diffusion
Mérel is the 2,944,094th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Mérel occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Mérel live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,460,101. In France Mérel is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 30 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 30 percent live and Île-de-France, where 22 percent live. Apart from France this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 7 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
- 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 Mérel
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