Merkwirth Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Merkwirth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merkwirth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merkwirth Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merkwirth is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merkwirth? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Merkwirth is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Merkwirth live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Merkwirth is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany Merkwirth is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 30 percent are found, Hesse, where 28 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found. Other than Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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
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