Mérien Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Mérien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mérien Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France51:13,284,544357,392
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Merien (444) & Merién (2) are calculated separately.

Mérien Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mérien has its highest incidence in France. It may occur as: Merien or Merién. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mérien? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mérien is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Mérien are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 13,284,544. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merien94444/
Merién892/
Mérienne8611/
Mirien834/
Mériem831/
Merrien772,442/
Mairien7718/
Meurien776/
Moyrien772/
Mirihen771/
Myriene771/
Meirien771/
Meriene771/
Mitrien771/
Mirieng771/
Mayrien770/
Merihen770/
Merienne711,218/
Mitrienė7148/
Mairieng7137/
Meiriene712/
Mirienne711/
Mereyien711/
Mehrieen711/
Merijean711/
Mitriene711/
Mirijean711/
Merrienn710/
Merrihen710/
Meriem6717,743/
Mergen679,129/
Meryen671,451/
Miriem6751/
Merrienne6745/
Merjen6742/
Mirgen6729/
Myréen6727/
Merjin6716/
Meriin6716/
Myriem675/
Mirjen672/
Miryin671/
Myriin671/
Märiin671/

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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 Mérien
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