Merkow Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Merkow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merkow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:2,517,076153,460
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Merkow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Merkow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Merkow occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merkow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,441,361st most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Merkow live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 2,517,076. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 27 percent are found, Arizona, where 22 percent are found and Texas, where 13 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 percent are found.

Merkow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Merkow surname are 28.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.68% being registered to vote for the party.

Merkow earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.76% more than the national average, earning $47,359 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Markow831,386/
Merkov83367/
Mirkow8331/
Mercow831/
Merkof831/
Merkaw831/
Merkova77472/
Maerkov7737/
Meerkov7721/
Merkoev7713/
Merkhov775/
Meirkov774/
Merkoub774/
Merkhof772/
Merkuov772/
Merkoff772/
Mehrkob771/
Merckov771/
Merkofe770/
Merkhouf71449/
Mehrkopf719/
Meerkova714/
Merkhova711/
Merkhoff711/
Markov6796,229/
Mirkov671,508/
Morkov67188/
Marków67168/
Markof67100/
Mirkob6767/
Myrkov6751/
Marcow6742/
Mirkof676/
Morkof676/
Merckhoff672/
Mercov671/
Myrków671/
Merkav671/

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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 Merkow
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