Mervitz Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mervitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mervitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Mervitz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mervitz is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mervitz click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mervitz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,776,799th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. Mervitz is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Mervitz reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mervitz is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 1,321,407. In South Africa Mervitz is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 95 percent are found, Free State, where 2 percent are found and Western Cape, where 2 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Mervitz occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Mervitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mervitz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mervitz last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mervitz Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Mervitz earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 11.75% more than the national average, earning R 265,560 per year and in Canada they earn 25.43% less than the national average, earning $37,048 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merbitz86273/
Merwitz86190/
Marvitz8651/
Morvitz8614/
Mervaiz8610/
Mervicz864/
Mehrviz862/
Mervitch804/
Mervič77265/
Mervic7797/
Marviz7711/
Mervić775/
Merbiz771/
Marwitz711,072/
Mervich71144/
Mörbitz7180/
Marvits7134/
Morwitz7120/
Morvetz716/
Marvetz715/
Merviczová713/
Marvaiz712/
Mervícz711/
Merbetz711/
Mervets711/
Marrwitz673/
Meerwaiz671/
Morvoits671/

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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 Mervitz
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