van der Merk Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
van der Merk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van der Merk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Merk Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Merk is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Merk? popularity and diffusion
van der Merk is the 3,957,383rd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van der Merk live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 703,632. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Friesland, where 54 percent reside, Utrecht, where 21 percent reside and Groningen, where 17 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands van der Merk exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Mark | 92 | 2,705 | / |
| van de Merkt | 92 | 14 | / |
| van der Marck | 88 | 134 | / |
| van de Mark | 87 | 134 | / |
| van Dermark | 87 | 23 | / |
| vander Mark | 87 | 16 | / |
| van der Mergie | 85 | 1 | / |
| van der Meirch | 85 | 1 | / |
| von der Mark | 83 | 41 | / |
| Vandermark | 82 | 2,163 | / |
| Vandermork | 82 | 0 | / |
| von der Marck | 80 | 26 | / |
| Vandermarck | 78 | 12 | / |
| Vandermaark | 78 | 1 | / |
| Veandermark | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vandrmark | 76 | 0 | / |
| Van-Der-Mark | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vandermarq | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fandermark | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vandarmark | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vondermark | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vandirmark | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vendermark | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vandermarcq | 70 | 105 | / |
| Vandermarcke | 67 | 11 | / |
| vander Marroque | 67 | 1 | / |
| Von-Der-Mark | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vintermark | 64 | 12 | / |
| Fundermark | 64 | 11 | / |
| Vondermarc | 64 | 1 | / |
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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 van der Merk
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