Merdivan Surname

712,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 411 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Merdivan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merdivan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3941:197,51614,561
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Merdivan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Merdivan is most common in Turkey. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Merdivan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merdivan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 712,393rd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,731,255 people. The last name Merdivan is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Merdivan live; 76 percent live in West Asia and 76 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Merdivan is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 394 people, or 1 in 197,516. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Zonguldak Province, where 61 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 23 percent live and Bartin Province, where 4 percent live. Not including Turkey this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent live and Ireland, where 0 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Merdivan
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