Merten Surname
Approximately 16,463 people bear this surname
Merten Surname User-submission:
It is a Flemish surname, a variant of Martin, wearing a -s ending, meaning 'descendant of'.
Merten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12,133 | 1:6,635 | 816 |
| United States | 2,691 | 1:134,693 | 14,107 |
| France | 478 | 1:138,960 | 21,353 |
| Brazil | 394 | 1:543,336 | 20,359 |
| Canada | 110 | 1:334,960 | 30,494 |
| Netherlands | 107 | 1:157,824 | 23,373 |
| Switzerland | 85 | 1:96,623 | 10,422 |
| Belgium | 72 | 1:159,676 | 22,068 |
| Australia | 59 | 1:457,554 | 35,515 |
| Poland | 55 | 1:691,068 | 59,060 |
| Austria | 45 | 1:189,232 | 24,045 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Luxembourg | 23 | 1:25,241 | 4,722 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 254 | 1:197,711 | 17,239 |
The alternate forms: Mérten (187) are calculated separately.
Merten (351) may also be a first name.
Merten Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It is a Flemish surname, a variant of Martin, wearing a -s ending, meaning 'descendant of'.
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Average Male Merten Height
178.28 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Merten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merten (Russian: Мертен) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Mérten. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Merten? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 32,349th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 442,662 people. The surname Merten is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Merten live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 465,148th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 351 people.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 12,133 people, or 1 in 6,635. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 34 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 8 percent live and Brandenburg, where 8 percent live. Aside from Germany Merten exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Merten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Merten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Merten last name expanded 1,059 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Merten Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Merten surname are 10.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.73% being registered with the party.
The amount Merten earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 20.11% less than the national average, earning 276,495 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 1.64% less than the national average, earning R 233,736 per year; in United States they earn 10.3% more than the national average, earning $47,593 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.46% more than the national average, earning $51,401 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merten in the Russian language | ||
| Мертен | merten | - |
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Merten Reference & Research
Martin FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Martin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Merten
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