Merčun Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Merčun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merčun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1091:22,8234,991
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289

The alternate forms: Mercun (39) & Mercuń (1) are calculated separately.

Merčun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Merčun Come From? nationality or country of origin

Merčun is found most in Slovenia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Mercun or Mercuń. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Merčun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,746,159th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Merčun occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Merčun live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 22,823. In Slovenia it is most numerous in: Central Slovenia, where 96 percent live, Central Sava, where 1 percent live and Savinja, where 1 percent live. Outside of Slovenia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mercun9439/
Mercuń891/
Marčun83151/
Merzun8346/
Merčon8317/
Merchun7724/
Mercoun7710/
Mertsun772/
Merhcun772/
Marčoun772/
Merrcun770/
Mercon67553/
Marzun6733/
Mertschun677/
Mirzun675/
Morţun672/
Martsun62566/
Mirchun6265/
Mertson6232/
Mortsun6225/
Myrchun6210/
Morzhun622/
Mardsun621/
Marzhun621/
Merdson621/
Mirtsun621/
Mirzaun621/
Marzuin621/
Merrcon620/
Martschun531/
Mircon502/

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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 Merčun
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