Mertek Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Mertek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 436 | 1:178,490 | 13,477 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Mertek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mertek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mertek is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mertek.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 658,434th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,946,490 people. The last name Mertek occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Mertek live; 84 percent live in West Asia and 84 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 436 people, or 1 in 178,490. In Turkey Mertek is most frequent in: Giresun Province, where 33 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 18 percent are found and Konya Province, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 4 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merteke | 92 | 4 | / |
| Martek | 83 | 391 | / |
| Mortek | 83 | 182 | / |
| Mertik | 83 | 157 | / |
| Myrtek | 83 | 43 | / |
| Mirtek | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mertyk | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mertík | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mertekova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mertick | 77 | 70 | / |
| Martiek | 77 | 5 | / |
| Marteck | 77 | 3 | / |
| Marteuk | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mahartek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mertic | 67 | 471 | / |
| Mertig | 67 | 295 | / |
| Martik | 67 | 119 | / |
| Mertikova | 67 | 53 | / |
| Mortik | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mertíková | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mertykova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mirtik | 67 | 2 | / |
| Märtik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Martick | 62 | 207 | / |
| Mortick | 62 | 18 | / |
| Myreteg | 62 | 8 | / |
| Maartik | 62 | 3 | / |
| Martuik | 62 | 3 | / |
| Martihk | 62 | 2 | / |
| Merztig | 62 | 1 | / |
| Marthik | 62 | 1 | / |
| Martieg | 62 | 1 | / |
| Marthick | 57 | 136 | / |
| Marttick | 57 | 0 | / |
| Mirtikova | 53 | 3 | / |
| Meerettig | 53 | 2 | / |
| Martig | 50 | 1,255 | / |
| Märtig | 50 | 45 | / |
| Mirtic | 50 | 19 | / |
| Martiq | 50 | 1 | / |
| Myrtic | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mortig | 50 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mertek
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