Merco Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Merco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 66 | 1:926,616 | 67,608 |
| Philippines | 63 | 1:1,606,956 | 108,100 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Mérco (1) are calculated separately.
Merco (197) may also be a first name.
Merco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merco Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merco occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Mérco. Click here for other potential spellings of Merco.
How Common Is The Last Name Merco? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merco is the 1,343,156th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. Merco is predominantly found in Europe, where 42 percent of Merco reside; 41 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 40 percent reside in Italic Europe. Merco is also the 646,152nd most common first name worldwide, held by 197 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Italy, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 926,616. In Italy Merco is most prevalent in: Apulia, where 76 percent live, Lazio, where 21 percent live and Lombardy, where 2 percent live. Apart from Italy this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 38 percent live and Brazil, where 8 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
- 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 Merco
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