Merca Surname
Approximately 3,308 people bear this surname
Merca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,837 | 1:55,111 | 9,189 |
| Romania | 734 | 1:27,354 | 3,492 |
| Taiwan | 212 | 1:110,588 | 1,049 |
| Portugal | 208 | 1:50,088 | 2,835 |
| United States | 81 | 1:4,474,802 | 235,715 |
| Peru | 59 | 1:538,714 | 14,638 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Latvia | 23 | 1:89,132 | 12,995 |
| Turkey | 16 | 1:4,863,839 | 107,230 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Merča (26) & Merça (1) are calculated separately.
Merca (210) may also be a first name.
Merca Demographics
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Merca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merca is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Merča or Merça. Click here for other possible spellings of Merca.
How Common Is The Last Name Merca? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 135,802nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,203,007 people. The surname Merca occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Merca are found; 55 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 55 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Merca is also the 624,169th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 210 people.
The last name Merca is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,837 people, or 1 in 55,111. In The Philippines Merca is mostly concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 34 percent are found, Bicol, where 19 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring The Philippines this last name occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 22 percent are found and Taiwan, where 6 percent are found.
Merca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Merca has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Merca last name grew 1,157 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Merca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Merca last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Merca earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 100.07% more than the national average, earning S/. 38,783 per year; in Colombia they earn 74.13% more than the national average, earning $39,530,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 10.85% less than the national average, earning $38,468 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 Merca
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