Merişan Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Merişan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merişan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania581:346,17029,849
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

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.

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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 Merişan
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