Mertez Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Mertez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Mertez (16) may also be a first name.
Mertez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mertez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mertez (Russian: Мертез) is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertez? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Mertez live; 20 percent live in West Africa and 20 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 16 people.
The surname Mertez is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is most common in: Rio de Janeiro, where 100 percent are found. Other than Brazil this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 20 percent are found and The Philippines, where 20 percent are found.
Mertez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mertez has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mertez surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mertez Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mertez in the Russian language | ||
| Мертез | mertez | - |
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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 Mertez
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