van Merris Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
van Merris Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 71 | 1:161,925 | 22,307 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
van Merris Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Merris Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Merris is most common in Belgium. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Merris.
How Common Is The Last Name van Merris? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,047,559th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Merris are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 161,925. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Brussels Capital Region, where 49 percent are found, Flemish Region, where 44 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this last name is found in one country. It is also common in France, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van-Merris | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Morris | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Maris | 84 | 704 | / |
| von Morris | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Morais | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Marais | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Mere | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Metre | 74 | 374 | / |
| van Meere | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Meire | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Meure | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Morais | 70 | 3 | / |
| von Merey | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Moira | 63 | 1 | / |
| Van-Metre | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Marees | 60 | 39 | / |
| von Mérey | 53 | 30 | / |
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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 Merris
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