Merćep Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Merćep Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 97 | 1:43,594 | 8,624 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 | 1:114,077 | 8,979 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Merčep (190) & Mercep (103) are calculated separately.
Merćep Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merćep Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merćep is found most frequently in Croatia. It can occur as a variant: Merčep or Mercep. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merćep? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,565,797th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Merćep is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Merćep are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 43,594. In Croatia it is most common in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 52 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 28 percent reside and Osijek-Baranja County, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Croatia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 24 percent reside and Montenegro, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merčep | 94 | 190 | / |
| Mercep | 94 | 103 | / |
| Merćet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Merchep | 77 | 6 | / |
| Merce | 73 | 1,986 | / |
| Merze | 73 | 63 | / |
| Merçe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mercie | 67 | 1,953 | / |
| Mercea | 67 | 1,690 | / |
| Mercey | 67 | 1,005 | / |
| Merche | 67 | 456 | / |
| Mertçe | 67 | 147 | / |
| Merzey | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mearce | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mercse | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mercee | 67 | 6 | / |
| Merceb | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mertse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Marčep | 67 | 2 | / |
| Merzie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mehrze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mertze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merčepová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merzei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mercei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merzee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merčev | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Merćep
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