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Where Does The Last Name Merican Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Merican is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merican? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 235,214^th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,259,232 people. Merican occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Merican reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 66 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,005,046^th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 90 people.

The last name Merican is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 1,127 people, or 1 in 26,171. In Malaysia Merican is mostly found in: Penang, where 35 percent reside, Selangor, where 31 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 10 percent reside. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Merican Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Merican has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Merican last name rose 340 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Merican Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Merican surname are 16.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.

Merican earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.2% less than the national average, earning $37,883 USD per year.