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
Average Merca Salary in
United States
$38,468 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 most common in The Philippines. It can appear in the variant forms: Merča or Merça. For other potential spellings of Merca click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merca? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 135,802nd most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,203,007 people. The last name Merca is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Merca live; 55 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 624,169th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 210 people.
It is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,837 people, or 1 in 55,111. In The Philippines Merca is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 34 percent reside, Bicol, where 19 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines Merca occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 22 percent reside and Taiwan, where 6 percent reside.
Merca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Merca has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Merca surname increased 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 with the Republican Party 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
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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 Merca
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