Last Name MERLA

Summary

The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MERLA is 29.7% White, 63.9% Hispanic origin, 0.0% Black, 6.4% Asian or Pacific Islander, 0.0% Two or More Races, and 0.0% American Indian or Alaskan Native. These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate. The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution in the general population of the US.

The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name. The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population. The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.

On this basis, the people with the name MERLA have a higher likelyhood of being Hispanic origin and a lower likelyhood of being White.

Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories

Summary

• The state with the most people named MERLA is Texas where 154 people have this name.
• Texas is the state where you are most likely to meet a person named MERLA, as 0.57 in every 100,000 Texans have this name.
• Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is 93rd, this rank was reached in the states of Texas.
• Texas is the state with the biggest positive difference between the actual state population and the projected state population based on the national average. (where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line) with a difference of 581 more people than projected.
• The state with the biggest negative difference is Illinois (where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line) with a difference of 2,016 fewer people than projected.

Summary

Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MERLA as a last name. The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as a percentage of all the people named MERLA.

The most popular full name is George MERLA. 2.70% of all the people named MERLA have this given name.

There are 66 first names associated with this last name.