Cerca Surname
Approximately 2,499 people bear this surname
Cerca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Portugal | 311 | 1:33,499 | 2,065 |
| Brazil | 222 | 1:964,299 | 34,285 |
| Mexico | 134 | 1:926,315 | 12,588 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Argentina | 47 | 1:909,434 | 58,335 |
| Philippines | 42 | 1:2,410,434 | 128,915 |
| Italy | 35 | 1:1,747,334 | 85,249 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Cêrca (39) are calculated separately.
Cerca (17) may also be a first name.
Cerca Demographics
Average Cerca Salary in
United States
$60,788 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cerca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cerca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cerca occurs more in Angola more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Cêrca. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cerca? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 172,166th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,916,185 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Cerca reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Cerca is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 17 people.
This last name is most widespread in Angola, where it is borne by 1,578 people, or 1 in 17,103. Outside of Angola this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 12 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.
Cerca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cerca surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Cerca earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 36.43% less than the national average, earning $14,431,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 40.88% more than the national average, earning $60,788 USD per year.
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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 Cerca
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