Merckel Surname
Approximately 984 people bear this surname
Merckel Surname User-submission:
The surname Miracle is a product of tenacity and a healthy Appalachian accent. The progenitors were named Merckel and moved from Germany to America in 1710. The family moved from New York to Pennsylvania to North Carolina then to the southeastern area of Kentucky.
Read More About This SurnameMerckel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 264 | 1:205,219 | 21,868 |
| France | 256 | 1:259,464 | 40,012 |
| United States | 150 | 1:2,416,393 | 148,665 |
| Germany | 135 | 1:596,337 | 48,011 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 62 | 1:809,979 | 50,387 |
Merckel Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Miracle is a product of tenacity and a healthy Appalachian accent. The progenitors were named Merckel and moved from Germany to America in 1710. The family moved from New York to Pennsylvania to North Carolina then to the southeastern area of Kentucky. Somewhere due to the pronunciation change, the name started being spelled not as Merckel, but Miracle, because that's how people understood the name.
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Average Merckel Salary in
United States
$42,350 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Merckel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merckel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merckel is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Merckel.
How Common Is The Last Name Merckel? popularity and diffusion
Merckel is the 366,307th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 7,406,043 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Merckel reside; 42 percent reside in Western Europe and 27 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 205,219. In South Africa Merckel is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 72 percent reside, Western Cape, where 16 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Merckel occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in France, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.
Merckel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Merckel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 242 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 438 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Merckel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Merckel last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.
The amount Merckel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 133.24% more than the national average, earning R 554,256 per year; in United States they earn 1.85% less than the national average, earning $42,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.3% less than the national average, earning $43,570 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moerckel | 93 | 60 | / |
| Merckell | 93 | 6 | / |
| Maerckel | 93 | 2 | / |
| Merkel | 92 | 35,967 | / |
| Mercel | 92 | 262 | / |
| Merckl | 92 | 9 | / |
| Merchel | 86 | 1,835 | / |
| Marckel | 86 | 243 | / |
| Morckel | 86 | 140 | / |
| Merkell | 86 | 133 | / |
| Merkiel | 86 | 70 | / |
| Maerkel | 86 | 56 | / |
| Merkelt | 86 | 56 | / |
| Mercell | 86 | 44 | / |
| Mercuel | 86 | 3 | / |
| Merkael | 86 | 2 | / |
| Meerkel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Merkeel | 86 | 0 | / |
| Merkl | 83 | 5,306 | / |
| Mercl | 83 | 57 | / |
| Merchell | 80 | 11 | / |
| Marckiel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Merccehl | 80 | 1 | / |
| Markel | 77 | 6,831 | / |
| Morkel | 77 | 4,193 | / |
| Mercil | 77 | 525 | / |
| Märkel | 77 | 142 | / |
| Maerkl | 77 | 128 | / |
| Mercül | 77 | 73 | / |
| Merkyl | 77 | 8 | / |
| Merkil | 77 | 6 | / |
| Myrkel | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mirkel | 77 | 3 | / |
| Morckl | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mircel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mörkel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moerkl | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marckl | 77 | 0 | / |
| Merkelova | 75 | 192 | / |
| Merkelová | 75 | 2 | / |
| Merkelowa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Markell | 71 | 2,017 | / |
| Markiel | 71 | 949 | / |
| Mirchel | 71 | 91 | / |
| Mercill | 71 | 64 | / |
| Merquel | 71 | 33 | / |
| Myrchel | 71 | 20 | / |
| Merkéll | 71 | 4 | / |
| Markael | 71 | 3 | / |
| Marckil | 71 | 2 | / |
| Markuel | 71 | 2 | / |
| Morkiel | 71 | 2 | / |
| Myrkiel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merkild | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merkiol | 71 | 1 | / |
| Markeel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merchil | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mirkell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morkell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Markkel | 71 | 0 | / |
| Merkill | 71 | 0 | / |
| Markl | 67 | 3,405 | / |
| Märkl | 67 | 2,223 | / |
| Merklová | 67 | 143 | / |
| Mörkl | 67 | 59 | / |
| Merclová | 67 | 51 | / |
| Mirchell | 67 | 21 | / |
| Merchill | 67 | 13 | / |
| Merklova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Morkl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Marcl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mirkl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Markquel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Markelll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Markeell | 67 | 0 | / |
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