Mercas Surname
Approximately 574 people bear this surname
Mercas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 546 | 1:36,773 | 4,700 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Mercaş (44) & Mercaș (40) are calculated separately.
Mercas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mercas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mercas has its highest incidence in Romania. It may be rendered as: Mercaş or Mercaș. For other potential spellings of Mercas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mercas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mercas is the 554,992nd most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,696,073 people. The last name Mercas is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mercas are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 546 people, or 1 in 36,773. In Romania Mercas is most frequent in: Iași County, where 33 percent are found, Vaslui County, where 20 percent are found and Ilfov County, where 14 percent are found. Barring Romania this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Mercas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mercas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mercas surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Mercas
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