Merle Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 19
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Merle Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Merle family

Profession Census Frequency
Cabinet Maker 1
Clerk 1
Silver & Gold Mounter 1
Silver Engraver 1
Sister Of The Convent 1
Tobacco Mounter 1
General Servant Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Merle

Name Census Frequency
Alfred Merle 7
Annie Merle 5
Eliza Merle 5
Edgar Merle 4
Edith Merle 4
Elizabeth Merle 4
Herbert Merle 4
Albert Merle 3
Ann Merle 3
Arthur Merle 3
Charles Merle 3
Helen Merle 3
James Merle 3
Leonard Merle 3
William Merle 3
Alice Merle 2
Amy Merle 2
Clara Merle 2
Edward Merle 2
Frank Merle 2
George Merle 2
Harold Merle 2
Henry Merle 2
John Merle 2
Mary Merle 2

Merle Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Moralee 57% 1,397
2 Morel 40% 1,021
3 Marle 80% 698
4 Morle 80% 658
5 Muriel 50% 322
6 Moral 40% 190
7 Marl 60% 181
8 Morl 60% 146
9 Merle 100% 110

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The surname Merle is the 9th most popular variant of Moralee.

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