Merka Surname
Approximately 1,503 people bear this surname
Merka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 339 | 1:298,638 | 42,448 |
| United States | 258 | 1:1,404,880 | 96,935 |
| Slovakia | 204 | 1:26,159 | 4,434 |
| Albania | 133 | 1:21,910 | 3,704 |
| Romania | 108 | 1:185,906 | 18,848 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| Czechia | 71 | 1:149,767 | 23,219 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1:2,454,069 | 61,891 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
The alternate forms: Měrka (393) are calculated separately.
Merka (3,986) may also be a first name.
Merka Demographics
Average Merka Salary in
United States
$46,435 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Merka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merka (Russian: Мерка) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Měrka. For other potential spellings of Merka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merka is the 261,171st most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,848,667 people. Merka is predominantly found in Europe, where 42 percent of Merka reside; 29 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 22 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 110,675th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 3,986 people.
The surname Merka is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 298,638. In The Philippines Merka is most common in: Davao Region, where 32 percent live, Eastern Visayas, where 20 percent live and Western Visayas, where 19 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and Slovakia, where 14 percent live.
Merka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Merka surname is predominantly Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Merka last name are 31.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.18% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Merka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.33% less than the national average, earning R 96,636 per year and in United States they earn 7.62% more than the national average, earning $46,435 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merka in the Russian language | ||
| Мерка | merka | - |
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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
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- 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 Merka
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