Merzhan Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Merzhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 87 | 1:523,249 | 59,336 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Moldova | 16 | 1:222,586 | 20,292 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Merzhan (515) may also be a first name.
Merzhan Demographics
Merzhan Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Merzhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merzhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merzhan (Georgian: მერჟან, Russian: Мержан) is found most frequently in Ukraine. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merzhan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Merzhan is the 1,497,948th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Merzhan are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 84 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 372,418th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 515 people.
The surname Merzhan is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 523,249. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Odessa Oblast, where 97 percent reside, Mykolaiv Oblast, where 2 percent reside and Donetsk Oblast, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Ukraine this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 21 percent reside and Moldova, where 11 percent reside.
Merzhan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Merzhan surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merzhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merzhan in the Georgian language | ||
| მერჟან | merzhan | - |
| Merzhan in the Russian language | ||
| Мержан | merzan | - |
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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 Merzhan
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