Mierzwiak Surname

296,943rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Mierzwiak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mierzwiak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1,0461:36,3375,624
United States1271:2,854,007168,820
Germany811:993,89568,573
France221:3,019,215204,848
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Mierżwiak (1) are calculated separately.

Mierzwiak Last Name Facts

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

Mierzwiak is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Mierżwiak. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mierzwiak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 296,943rd most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,675,659 people. Mierzwiak is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Mierzwiak live; 82 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Poland, where it is borne by 1,046 people, or 1 in 36,337. Excluding Poland this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.

Mierzwiak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mierzwiak last name are 24.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.55% being registered to vote for the party.

Mierzwiak earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $42,368 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mierżwiak961/
Mirzwiak9410/
Mierwiak942/
Meirzwiak892/
Mierzviak891/
Merwiak8827/
Murzwiok711/
Mervyak6327/
Mervjak638/
Merveak631/

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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 Mierzwiak
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