Merkator Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Merkator Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Merkator Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merkator Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merkator (Russian: Меркатор) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merkator? popularity and diffusion
Merkator is the 2,635,433rd most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Merkator are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany Merkator is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 37 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 37 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 20 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercator | 88 | 7 | / |
| Mercatore | 82 | 2 | / |
| Murkatr | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maerokatri | 78 | 19 | / |
| Mercador | 75 | 51 | / |
| Markatri | 75 | 35 | / |
| Merkader | 75 | 17 | / |
| Merkadir | 75 | 2 | / |
| Marikatr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Murkatar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Merkuter | 75 | 0 | / |
| Meriyakatar | 74 | 1 | / |
| Murgatory | 71 | 5 | / |
| Markatwar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Markatewr | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mercutior | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mercadoro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mercado R | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murkhatar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marakater | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mergatroy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Murktar | 67 | 330 | / |
| Meerkötter | 67 | 213 | / |
| Meerkotter | 67 | 87 | / |
| Marakatter | 67 | 32 | / |
| Marakattar | 67 | 32 | / |
| Murakatira | 67 | 20 | / |
| Marktri | 67 | 6 | / |
| Merkt-Heer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mercadr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murekatera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marakatara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marktar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morktar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Markatewar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Margatoria | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marketar | 63 | 13 | / |
Merkator Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merkator in the Russian language | ||
| Меркатор | merkator | - |
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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 Merkator
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