Jercić Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Jercić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jercić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Jerčić (354), Jercic (44) & Jerčič (35) are calculated separately.

Jercić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jercić Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jercić has its highest incidence in Croatia. It may be rendered as: Jerčić, Jercic or Jerčič. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jercić? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jercić is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Jercić is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jercić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 422,860. In Croatia it is most frequent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 50 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 40 percent are found and Osijek-Baranja County, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Croatia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jerčić94354/
Jercic9444/
Ercić9111/
Jerčič8935/
Jerkić831,221/
Jergić8390/
Jeršić8314/
Hercić839/
Cercić832/
Jersić831/
Djerzić77110/
Jercich7743/
Jerkoić775/
Djeržić771/
Djergić771/
Erkić73916/
Erčić73363/
Eržić73127/
Gerzić67402/
Jerkič67191/
Jeršič67188/
Seršić67182/
Geršić67156/
Cerčić67114/
Jerkic67110/
Hergić6741/
Jersic6725/
Serčić6722/
Hercic6718/
Yercic678/
Jerschitz678/
Sersić677/
Gersić672/
Ercich671/

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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 Jercić
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