Mertag Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Mertag Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Mertag Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mertag Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mertag is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mertag click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertag? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mertag is the 4,427,875th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Mertag is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mertag live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Mertag is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany Mertag is mostly concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 89 percent reside, Berlin, where 5 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mertagh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mertaugh | 86 | 48 | / |
| Miertagh | 86 | 0 | / |
| Mortag | 83 | 283 | / |
| Martag | 83 | 15 | / |
| Mertak | 83 | 4 | / |
| Merthaugh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Mehrtak | 77 | 20 | / |
| Mortagh | 77 | 13 | / |
| Marthag | 77 | 1 | / |
| Morthag | 77 | 0 | / |
| Martagh | 77 | 0 | / |
| Morthaug | 71 | 11 | / |
| Martaugh | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mehrtaxh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mortaugh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mirtaugh | 71 | 0 | / |
| Martak | 67 | 601 | / |
| Mortak | 67 | 32 | / |
| Mărtac | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mertok | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mortac | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mortaq | 67 | 3 | / |
| Martog | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mirtak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marthak | 62 | 302 | / |
| Martakh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mertock | 62 | 1 | / |
| Myrthohg | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mirtakova | 53 | 1 | / |
| Morthough | 53 | 0 | / |
| Marták | 50 | 158 | / |
| Martók | 50 | 22 | / |
| Martoq | 50 | 7 | / |
| Marťak | 50 | 6 | / |
| Martok | 50 | 1 | / |
| Martoc | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mertag
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