Mertons Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Mertons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mertons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Mertons Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mertons Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mertons occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mertons.

How Common Is The Last Name Mertons? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Mertons live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Mertons is most numerous in: Greater Manchester, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 11 percent reside and China, where 11 percent reside.

Mertons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mertons has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Martons8615/
Mortons866/
Mertans863/
Mertuns860/
Merthens804/
Martoins801/
Morthons800/
Martans7170/
Mirtans710/
Mortans710/
Marthens67255/
Marthans67153/
Morthens6760/
Martanz571/

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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 Mertons
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