Mercantil Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Mercantil Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Ecuador | 15 | 1:1,060,390 | 14,974 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mercantil (50) may also be a first name.
Mercantil Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mercantil Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mercantil has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mercantil? popularity and diffusion
Mercantil is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Mercantil occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Mercantil are found; 80 percent are found in South America and 33 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 50 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 13,379,646. In Brazil Mercantil is most frequent in: Minas Gerais, where 25 percent live, São Paulo, where 25 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent live. Other than Brazil Mercantil exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 31 percent live and Venezuela, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercantel | 89 | 12 | / |
| Marcantil | 89 | 1 | / |
| Merchantell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Marcantel | 78 | 1,840 | / |
| Morcantel | 78 | 1 | / |
| Marcontil | 78 | 0 | / |
| Marcantell | 74 | 7 | / |
| Marcantael | 74 | 1 | / |
| Marcontel | 67 | 19 | / |
| Markantel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morcontel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marcontell | 63 | 190 | / |
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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 Mercantil
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