Merişan Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Merişan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 58 | 1:346,170 | 29,849 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Merisan (328) are calculated separately.
Merişan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merişan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merişan is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Merisan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merişan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merişan is the 2,506,728th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Merişan occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Merişan live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 346,170. In Romania it is primarily found in: Buzău County, where 91 percent are found, Bucharest Municipality, where 7 percent are found and Prahova County, where 2 percent are found. Not including Romania it exists in one country. It is also common in Turkey, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merisan | 95 | 328 | / |
| Merizan | 86 | 36 | / |
| Mirişan | 86 | 29 | / |
| Mereşan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Merishan | 80 | 34 | / |
| Merisane | 80 | 8 | / |
| Merisanh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Metrisan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Metrician | 75 | 8 | / |
| Meesrisan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Merissane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mieraisan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mehrishan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meraisane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mereciane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Merisaint | 75 | 1 | / |
| Merishain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Marisan | 71 | 959 | / |
| Merison | 71 | 347 | / |
| Merissaint | 71 | 266 | / |
| Mirisan | 71 | 105 | / |
| Morisan | 71 | 61 | / |
| Merizon | 71 | 47 | / |
| Morišan | 71 | 30 | / |
| Marišan | 71 | 14 | / |
| Merizen | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mireşan | 71 | 9 | / |
| Meresan | 71 | 9 | / |
| Merezan | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mericen | 71 | 5 | / |
| Merißen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Merisen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Meirisanne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merusan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meesrichan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merissainc | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meiriciane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meritchang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merrison | 67 | 649 | / |
| Maricean | 67 | 128 | / |
| Metrison | 67 | 37 | / |
| Merzisen | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mitrisan | 67 | 17 | / |
| Marisanh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Merisson | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mereshan | 67 | 11 | / |
| Morrisan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Meryshan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mereisen | 67 | 8 | / |
| Merishanova | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mirisanh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mericien | 67 | 4 | / |
| Merechan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mariesan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Marissan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Meirison | 67 | 2 | / |
| Morizsan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moricean | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meritson | 67 | 2 | / |
| Marishan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maerusan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Merissen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meyrison | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirichan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Misrisan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marisain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirisian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merision | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mairisan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marizsan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meresane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirisang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morissan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morishan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marrisan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Merrisen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Merişan
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