Merchent Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Merchent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merchent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:4,166,195223,594
Australia571:473,60936,415
Pakistan131:13,741,83758,392
India111:69,733,217610,955
England51:11,143,612252,590
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Merchent Last Name Facts

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

The last name Merchent is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Merchent click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merchent? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,272,314th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Merchent live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 4,166,195. In The United States Merchent is most prevalent in: Virginia, where 33 percent live, Colorado, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 32 percent live and Pakistan, where 7 percent live.

Merchent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Merchent has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Merchent last name rose 414 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Merchent Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Merchent last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Merchent earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.05% more than the national average, earning $44,898 USD per year.

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Merchent Reference & Research

Marchant/Merchant FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Merchent
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis