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.
- 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)
- Sources
- 23 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)
≈540 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Moldova, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Cerchez | 16 |
| MD Moldova | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Cerchez | 7 |
| IT Italy | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 604K | — | Cerchez | 3 |
| PL Poland | 24 | 1 in 1.6M | 15 | — | 1 |
| DE Germany | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 3.6M | — | Cerchez | 23 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Cerchez | 3 |
| PT Portugal | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 771K | — | Cerchez | 2 |
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 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)
- Constantin Cristodulo-Cerchezb. 1831RORomanian politician
- Mihail Cerchezb. 1839RORomanian general (1839–1885)
- Grigore Cerchezb. 1850RORomanian architect (1850-1927)
- Cristofi Cerchezb. 1872RORomanian engineer and architect
- Hamdi Cerchezb. 1941RORomanian actor
- Ioan Cerchezb. 1956RORomanian politician
- Metin Cerchezb. 1962RORomanian politician
- Cristian Cherchezb. 1991ROnot in their usual nameRomanian footballer
- Serafima CerchezROPh.D. University of Bucharest 2007
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.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 15 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 15 | #105,177 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 9 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.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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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cerchezThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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.