das Merces Surname
Approximately 18,642 people bear this surname
das Merces Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 18,625 | 1:11,494 | 652 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 8 | 1:22,178 | 1,188 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: das Mercês (12) & das Mercés (1) are calculated separately.
das Merces Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name das Merces Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name das Merces is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: das Mercês or das Mercés. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name das Merces? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,803rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 390,921 people. The surname das Merces occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of das Merces are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name das Merces is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 18,625 people, or 1 in 11,494. In Brazil it is most common in: Minas Gerais, where 26 percent live, Bahia, where 17 percent live and São Paulo, where 11 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in São Tomé and Príncipe, where 0 percent live and Venezuela, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| das Mercês | 97 | 12 | / |
| das Mercés | 97 | 1 | / |
| da Merces | 95 | 109 | / |
| das Merce | 95 | 76 | / |
| das Merceis | 95 | 74 | / |
| das Mercess | 95 | 3 | / |
| das Mesrces | 95 | 1 | / |
| das Mercez | 90 | 187 | / |
| dos Merces | 90 | 40 | / |
| das Mercer | 90 | 34 | / |
| das Marces | 90 | 11 | / |
| das Merses | 90 | 5 | / |
| das Mirces | 90 | 1 | / |
| das Mercis | 90 | 1 | / |
| da Merceis | 90 | 1 | / |
| da Merce | 89 | 16 | / |
| das Merseis | 86 | 2 | / |
| da Mercer | 84 | 12 | / |
| dos Merce | 84 | 1 | / |
| dos Mercez | 80 | 1 | / |
| dos Mercer | 80 | 1 | / |
| da Mirza | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 das Merces
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