Merciu Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Merciu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Merciu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania871:230,78022,248
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Merciu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Merciu is found most in Romania. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Merciu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,918,812th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Merciu is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Merciu live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Merciu is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 230,780. In Romania Merciu is primarily found in: Maramureș County, where 53 percent are found, Botoșani County, where 46 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 1 percent are found. Besides Romania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 6 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mercius921,568/
Mercu9161/
Mercau833,658/
Mirciu83306/
Mercui8355/
Merchu8318/
Mercou8318/
Mercuța771/
Mircu73399/
Merzu731/
Mearrcau710/
Mirchu6750/
Myrchu6714/
Merzou673/
Merzuh671/
Merzau671/
Mertzou625/
Mirchou625/
Merzouh621/
Mirzu5516/
Mirzou509/
Mirzeu501/
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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 Merciu
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