Cerchez

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Circassian

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Cerchez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MDMoldova≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
  • RORomania≈1 in 40K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 604K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Romania (inferred from the name graph)

≈540 people, est.

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)

Moldova, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Circassian

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cerchez counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Cerchez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RO Romania≈540 est.≈1 in 40K—Cerchez16
MD Moldova≈210 est.≈1 in 16K—Cerchez7
IT Italy≈100 est.≈1 in 604K—Cerchez3
PL Poland241 in 1.6M15—1
DE Germany≈22 est.≈1 in 3.6M—Cerchez23
NL Netherlands≈16 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Cerchez3
PT Portugal≈13 est.≈1 in 771K—Cerchez2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cerchez is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Türkiye

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian

    Also written Черкез, Cherkez, Чєркєз, Çhérkez, Cerkez

18 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Cerchez is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Romanian, etnic, primit ca n. de persoana, sub influenta faimei lui Cerchez-MehemetPala (Cronica lui Neculce). 1. - (Arh ; Bal VI) ; -ul s. ; Cerchiaz, Gh., boier, 1661 (Sd V 38). 2. Cercheaj, loan (Glos) < plur. cercheji. Cerchejea pren. (Cat mold II) 3. Cercheza, Maria, sotia marelui vistier Aslan (17 B III 620). Cer/ ea, -es, -elan, -eseni, Cerisan, v. Ceara 2-4.

    as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc

  • In Romanian, CERCHÉZ, -Ă, cerchezi, -e, s. m. și f., adj. 1. S. m. și f. Persoană care aparține populației de bază a Regiunii Autonome Cercheze. 2. Adj. Care aparține Regiunii Autonome Cercheze sau populației ei, privitor la această regiune sau la populația ei; cerchezesc.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Constantin Cristodulo-Cerchez, b. 1831Mihail Cerchez, b. 1839Grigore Cerchez, b. 1850Cristofi Cerchez, b. 1872Hamdi Cerchez, b. 1941Ioan Cerchez, b. 1956Metin Cerchez, b. 1962Cristian Cherchez, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Cerchez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202615—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—15#105,177
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20269—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—9#140,123

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cerchez mean, and where does it come from?
Circassian Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Cerchez have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 539 people named Cerchez in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cerchez.
How common is the name Cerchez?
In Poland, the national register counted 24 people named Cerchez in 2026, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cerchez”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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