Merchán Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Merchán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 145 | 1:322,428 | 18,998 |
| Colombia | 31 | 1:1,541,099 | 10,974 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
The alternate forms: Merchan (52,122), Merchàn (16) & Mérchan (1) are calculated separately.
Merchán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merchán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merchán is found most in Spain. It can be found in the variant forms: Merchan, Merchàn or Mérchan. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merchán? popularity and diffusion
Merchán is the 1,058,336th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Merchán live; 61 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The surname Merchán is most widespread in Spain, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 322,428. In Spain it is most numerous in: Madrid, where 29 percent are found, Andalusia, where 27 percent are found and Catalonia, where 10 percent are found. Other than Spain this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 13 percent are found and Venezuela, where 7 percent are found.
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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
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