View the most partisan surnames in The United States

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

The surname Merse (Georgian: მერსე, Russian: Мерсье) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Merše, Mersè or Mersé. Click here for other potential spellings of Merse.

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

The surname is the 594,812^th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,907,530 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Merse live; 38 percent live in Western Europe and 35 percent live in Germanic Europe. Merse is also the 533,704^th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 277 people.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 61 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 24 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Hungary, where 19 percent live.

Merse Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Merse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Merse last name increased 245 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Merse Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Merse last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

Merse earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.81% less than the national average, earning $41,075 USD per year.