Mertanen Surname
Approximately 1,079 people bear this surname
Mertanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1,046 | 1:5,255 | 836 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Mertanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mertanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mertanen (Russian: Мертанен) occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertanen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mertanen is the 340,606th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,753,981 people. The last name Mertanen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mertanen reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Mertanen is most prevalent in Finland, where it is borne by 1,046 people, or 1 in 5,255. In Finland it is most common in: Northern Savonia, where 31 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 23 percent are found and North Karelia, where 22 percent are found. Besides Finland Mertanen is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mertanen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mertanen in the Russian language | ||
| Мертанен | mertanen | - |
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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 Mertanen
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