Mertkan Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Mertkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 118 | 1:659,504 | 34,418 |
| Northern Cyprus | 37 | 1:8,622 | 2,131 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Mertkan (632) may also be a first name.
Mertkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mertkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mertkan is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mertkan.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertkan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mertkan is the 1,391,595th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Mertkan live; 59 percent live in West Asia and 59 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 331,170th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 632 people.
The last name Mertkan is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 659,504. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 31 percent live, Adana Province, where 25 percent live and Izmir Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 24 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Mertkan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis