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Where Does The Last Name Merker Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Merker (Georgian: მერკერ, Russian: Меркер) is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merker? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 62,049^th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 900,142 people. The last name Merker occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Merker reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242^nd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

Merker is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 5,380 people, or 1 in 14,964. In Germany Merker is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside, Saxony, where 10 percent reside and Hesse, where 10 percent reside. Besides Germany it is found in 43 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Russia, where 5 percent reside.

Merker Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Merker has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 471 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 330 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Merker Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Merker surname is chiefly Orthodox (93%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those bearing the Merker last name are 37.4% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.63% registered with the party.

The amount Merker earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.34% less than the national average, earning 258,370 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.65% more than the national average, earning $48,607 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.72% more than the national average, earning $63,951 CAD per year.