La Merced Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
La Merced Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
La Merced Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name La Merced Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname La Merced is more frequently found in Peru than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name La Merced? popularity and diffusion
The last name La Merced is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of La Merced live; 63 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Andean South America.
La Merced is most common in Peru, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 6,356,825. Barring Peru La Merced is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 13 percent live and Mexico, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamerced | 94 | 4 | / |
| La Merce | 94 | 3 | / |
| Le Mercer | 78 | 3 | / |
| Lamersette | 63 | 0 | / |
| Lammers-Wood | 57 | 5 | / |
| Lamri Cid | 56 | 1 | / |
| Lamorseetoh | 50 | 20 | / |
| Lima Rosado | 50 | 8 | / |
| Lamer-Sujto | 50 | 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
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- 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 La Merced
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