van Merle Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
van Merle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
van Merle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Merle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Merle is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Merle.
How Common Is The Last Name van Merle? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Merle are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Merle is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 649,507. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 31 percent live, South Holland, where 31 percent live and North Holland, where 27 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Mierle | 95 | 130 | / |
| Vanmerle | 94 | 3 | / |
| van Mierele | 90 | 5 | / |
| van Marle | 89 | 1,361 | / |
| Vanmierle | 89 | 5 | / |
| van Mierlo | 84 | 4,732 | / |
| van Maarle | 84 | 39 | / |
| van Meerlo | 84 | 11 | / |
| Vanmarle | 82 | 28 | / |
| Vanmeril | 82 | 5 | / |
| van Marl | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Mierloo | 80 | 94 | / |
| van Meerloo | 80 | 23 | / |
| Vanmierlo | 78 | 215 | / |
| van Mirlo | 78 | 104 | / |
| von Moerl | 78 | 30 | / |
| van Marel | 78 | 22 | / |
| Van-Mierlo | 74 | 10 | / |
| van Maarel | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Moorel | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vanmerrill | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vanmarel | 71 | 49 | / |
| von Mörl | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Marrelo | 70 | 32 | / |
| Viana Amaral | 67 | 35 | / |
| Vianna Amaral | 64 | 4 | / |
| Viana Morelli | 64 | 3 | / |
| Viani Morilha | 64 | 1 | / |
| von Amaral | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Morello | 60 | 1 | / |
| Vonmeerwall | 60 | 1 | / |
| Viaene-Morel | 57 | 1 | / |
| Fine Moral | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 van Merle
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