Merse Surname
Approximately 524 people bear this surname
Merse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 147 | 1:547,656 | 45,370 |
| United States | 120 | 1:3,020,491 | 176,226 |
| Hungary | 98 | 1:100,166 | 9,684 |
| Netherlands | 36 | 1:469,088 | 46,010 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 49 | 1:1,024,871 | 60,160 |
The alternate forms: Merše (76), Mersè (1) & Mersé (1) are calculated separately.
Merse (277) may also be a first name.
Merse Demographics
Average Merse Salary in
United States
$41,075 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Merse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Merse (Georgian: მერსე, Russian: Мерсье) occurs most in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms: Merše, Mersè or Mersé. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merse? popularity and diffusion
Merse is the 594,812th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,907,530 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Merse live; 38 percent live in Western Europe and 35 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 533,704th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 277 people.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany Merse is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 61 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 24 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent are found. Barring Germany Merse occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Hungary, where 19 percent are found.
Merse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Merse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Merse surname rose 245 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Merse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Merse surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merse in the Georgian language | ||
| მერსე | merse | - |
| Merse in the Russian language | ||
| Мерсье | merse | - |
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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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- 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 Merse
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