Meràn

surname · Latin script

Meràn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Dominican Republic than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Mera + -an.

rarermore common
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 1.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ATAustria≈1 in 94K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 150K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Dominican Republic (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,600 people, est.

Sources
77 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Dominican Republic, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Meran in DO Dominican Republic, ES Spain, US United States and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Mera + -an.

Sources 2

  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Meràn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Meràn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DO Dominican Republic#164≈5,600 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Meran34
IN India—≈920 est.≈1 in 1.4M2—1
PH Philippines—≈730 est.≈1 in 150K—Meran12
US United States—2331 in 1.4M294Meran77
ES Spain—1531 in 327K153Meran30
AT Austria—≈94 est.≈1 in 94K3——
UY Uruguay—191 in 178K19—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Meràn is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Malaysia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Meran, Mërań, Merãn, Mèrâñ, Merån

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Meràn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Meràn mean, and where does it come from?
From Mera + -an. Recorded by Wiktionary and Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
In which country does Meràn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.6 thousand people named Meràn in the Dominican Republic, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled meran.
How common is the name Meràn?
In the United States, the national register counted 233 people named Meràn in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
How common is Meràn compared with other names?
In the Dominican Republic, Meràn is the 164th most common surname of 26,844 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Meràn” — the 164th most common surname in Dominican Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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