Merkitan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Merkitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
Merkitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merkitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merkitan (Russian: Меркитан) is more commonly found in Russia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merkitan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Merkitan live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The last name Merkitan is most common in Russia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 13,102,096. In Russia Merkitan is mostly concentrated in: Krasnodar Krai, where 45 percent are found, Rostov Oblast, where 18 percent are found and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 18 percent are found. Barring Russia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Belarus, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markitan | 88 | 659 | / |
| Merkytan | 88 | 4 | / |
| Merkutan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Merkitanova | 84 | 30 | / |
| Markietan | 82 | 4 | / |
| Merkistein | 78 | 4 | / |
| Markytan | 75 | 1,303 | / |
| Markiton | 75 | 308 | / |
| Myrkytan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Marketan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Merkytanova | 74 | 11 | / |
| Mirkitanova | 74 | 6 | / |
| Markieton | 71 | 152 | / |
| Marquitan | 71 | 81 | / |
| Merkestein | 67 | 111 | / |
| Merkesteyn | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mirkheytan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marketon | 63 | 175 | / |
| Markytán | 63 | 92 | / |
| Markitoń | 63 | 42 | / |
| Merkesteijn | 63 | 6 | / |
| Myrkytanova | 63 | 1 | / |
| Morketon | 63 | 0 | / |
| Marquiton | 59 | 1 | / |
| Markietoń | 59 | 1 | / |
Merkitan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merkitan in the Russian language | ||
| Меркитан | merkitan | - |
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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 Merkitan
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