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Where Does The Last Name Mertes Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Mertes (Georgian: მერტეს, Russian: Мертес) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Mertès. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mertes? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 68,125^th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 999,252 people. The last name Mertes is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Mertes are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Mertes is also the 1,744,716^th most common first name globally, held by 35 people.

Mertes is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 3,645 people, or 1 in 22,087. In Germany Mertes is mostly found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 42 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent are found and Saarland, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany it occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Belgium, where 6 percent are found.

Mertes Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Mertes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,103 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mertes Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Mertes surname are 15.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mertes earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.45% more than the national average, earning $44,206 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.52% more than the national average, earning $60,874 CAD per year.