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
Merchán occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Merchan, Merchàn or Mérchan. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merchán? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,058,336th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Merchán are found; 61 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname Merchán is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 322,428. In Spain Merchán is primarily found in: Madrid, where 29 percent live, Andalusia, where 27 percent live and Catalonia, where 10 percent live. Apart from Spain this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 13 percent live and Venezuela, where 7 percent live.
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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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