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 last name Mertkan is most common in Turkey. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertkan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mertkan is the 1,391,595th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. It is primarily found 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 prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 632 people.
The surname is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 659,504. In Turkey Mertkan is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 31 percent are found, Adana Province, where 25 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Turkey Mertkan is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 24 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mertkan
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