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

The last name Merkle (Russian: Меркле) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also appear as a variant: Merklé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name Merkle is the 36,173^rd most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 499,592 people. The surname Merkle occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Merkle reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,484,914^th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 46 people.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 8,335 people, or 1 in 9,659. In Germany Merkle is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 72 percent are found, Bavaria, where 17 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Merkle Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Merkle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Merkle surname grew 543 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Merkle Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States Merkle are 18.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.46% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Merkle earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.11% less than the national average, earning R 132,816 per year; in United States they earn 15.48% more than the national average, earning $49,830 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.44% more than the national average, earning $49,901 CAD per year.