Merkele Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Merkele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Merkele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merkele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merkele (Russian: Меркелье) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merkele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Merkele reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
Merkele is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 50 percent live and Tennessee, where 50 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent live and France, where 20 percent live.
Merkele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Merkele has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merkele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merkele in the Russian language | ||
| Меркелье | merkele | - |
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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 Merkele
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