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.

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Mertons Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

Mertons is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mertons? popularity and diffusion

Mertons is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Mertons live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Mertons is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Mertons is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 100 percent are found. Barring England it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent are found and China, where 11 percent are found.

Mertons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mertons has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Mertons surname contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Mertons
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