Surname Merlet (Merlette 
, Merlet 
, Мерле 
) , globally, is quite a common cognomen. The last name Merlet is habitual in France, where it is quite a rare surname, Switzerland, where it is a rare surname, and Ivory Coast. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in France, the United States, and Ivory Coast. Very seldom, Merlet is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Merlette | Philippines, United States, Canada, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Merlet | Italy, Ivory Coast, Chile, United States, France |
| Мерле | Russia |
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jean-françois honoré, baron merlet French politician (1761-1830), FR (b. 1761) |
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| gabriel éléonore merlet de la boulaye French botanist (1736-1807), FR (b. 1736) |
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jules merlet French politician (1830-1921), FR (b. 1830) |
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| lucien merlet French archivist, FR (b. 1827) |
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erwin merlet Austrian painter (1886-1939), AT (b. 1886) |
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| gustave merlet FR (b. 1828) |
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| rené merlet French archivist, FR (b. 1866) |
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| jean-françois-louis merlet (b. 1878) |
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dominique merlet French organist, pianist and music educator, FR (b. 1938) |
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| françois merlet French archivist and historian, FR (b. 1900) |
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valentin merlet French actor, FR (b. 1953) |
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agnès merlet French film director and screenwriter, FR (b. 1959) |
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| jean merlet French architect, FR (b. 1910) |
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isabelle merlet FR (b. 1967) |
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| jacques merlet French musicologist, FR (b. 1931) |
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