Merques Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Merques Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Merques (62) may also be a first name.
Merques Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merques Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merques is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merques? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Merques reside; 72 percent reside in South America and 72 percent reside in Luso-South America. Merques is also the 1,246,114th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 62 people.
The last name Merques is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 10,194,016. In Brazil Merques is mostly found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 38 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live and São Paulo, where 10 percent live. Barring Brazil Merques occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 7 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
- 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 Merques
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