Mercent Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Mercent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mercent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France421:1,581,493147,826
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Mercent (419) may also be a first name.

Mercent Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mercent is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mercent.

How Common Is The Last Name Mercent? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,979,664th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Mercent occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Mercent live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 419,838th most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 419 people.

This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 1,581,493. In France Mercent is most prevalent in: Pays de la Loire, where 57 percent reside, Normandy, where 21 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 14 percent reside. Other than France this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merchent93180/
Mercen92264/
Mearchent881/
Merchen86444/
Merkent8636/
Merchnt863/
Mercenk863/
Mersent861/
Mercend861/
Merscen860/
Merschen80146/
Mercenne80133/
Mergents805/
Mirchent802/
Merchend801/
Mershent800/
Mergen779,129/
Merchn77162/
Mercin77125/
Mersen7750/
Merjen7742/
Merzen775/
Mercyn773/
Merxen770/
Mertgen71285/
Miersen7197/
Mercina7183/
Merhsen7158/
Merchin7158/
Mirchen7117/
Mercing7113/
Meursen7110/
Merdgen717/
Meersen715/
Mershen713/
Merchem712/
Mersien711/
Mersaen711/
Merchèn711/
Merchän711/
Mearesn711/
Merszen710/
Mearsen710/
Mirgent710/
Mersheen67131/
Merschin6712/
Meerchnd675/
Mersenne674/
Meerssen672/
Mersn671/
Mehrchin671/
Meersend671/

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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 Mercent
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