Merzenich Surname

599,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Merzenich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Merzenich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4381:183,80221,451
United States681:5,330,278267,385
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Merzenich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Merzenich is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Merzenich click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merzenich? popularity and diffusion

The surname Merzenich is the 599,225th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Merzenich are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 183,802. In Germany Merzenich is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent live, Hesse, where 3 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 3 percent live. Barring Germany this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Peru, where 2 percent live.

Merzenich Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Merzenich last name are 9.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.16% being registered with the party.

The amount Merzenich earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 15.15% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,448 per year and in United States they earn 37.03% less than the national average, earning $27,173 USD per year.

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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
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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 Merzenich
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