Mercelus Surname

799,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Mercelus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mercelus Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti3431:31,1482,219
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Mercelus (28) may also be a first name.

Mercelus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mercelus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mercelus is found most frequently in Haiti. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mercelus? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mercelus is the 799,576th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. The last name Mercelus occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Mercelus live; 98 percent live in Caribbean and 98 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. Mercelus is also the 1,994,417th most widely held forename internationally, held by 28 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Haiti, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 31,148. In Haiti it is mostly concentrated in: Ouest, where 97 percent live and Nord, where 3 percent live. Aside from Haiti this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Mercelus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mercelus has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mercelous948/
Merceilus940/
Mercilus881,920/
Mercylus884/
Mergelus882/
Merselus881/
Merselius823/
Mercheliu821/
Mercilius821/
Mersilus7589/
Merzilus759/
Mergilus751/
Mărgelu6774/
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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 Mercelus
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