Merci Surname
Approximately 12,251 people bear this surname
Merci Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 6,644 | 1:2,046 | 378 |
| DR Congo | 3,742 | 1:19,743 | 2,491 |
| Italy | 435 | 1:140,590 | 22,306 |
| Cameroon | 377 | 1:55,090 | 7,134 |
| Haiti | 252 | 1:42,396 | 2,698 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Turkey | 133 | 1:585,123 | 31,713 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Brazil | 105 | 1:2,038,803 | 64,511 |
| Romania | 47 | 1:427,189 | 34,091 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Merçi (1) are calculated separately.
Merci (48,392) may also be a first name.
Merci Demographics
Average Merci Salary in
United States
$41,869 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Merci Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merci Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merci (Marathi: मेरसी) is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Merçi. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merci? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,516th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 594,853 people. The surname Merci occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Merci live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 19,040th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 48,392 people.
The last name Merci is most widely held in Chad, where it is borne by 6,644 people, or 1 in 2,046. Other than Chad it is found in 44 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found and Italy, where 4 percent are found.
Merci Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Merci has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Merci surname rose 3,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Merci Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Merci surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Merci last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.
Merci earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.97% less than the national average, earning $41,869 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merci Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merci in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरसी | merasi | - |
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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 Merci
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