Mertke Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Mertke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 362 | 1:222,391 | 24,911 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Mertke Demographics
Average Mertke Salary in
United States
$66,172 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mertke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mertke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mertke (Russian: Мертке) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 718,674th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Mertke reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Mertke is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 362 people, or 1 in 222,391. In Germany Mertke is primarily concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 42 percent are found, Berlin, where 22 percent are found and Hesse, where 11 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.
Mertke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Mertke surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
Mertke earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 53.36% more than the national average, earning $66,172 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mertke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mertke in the Russian language | ||
| Мертке | mertke | - |
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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 Mertke
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