van Merdt Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

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

van Merdt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Merdt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631

van Merdt Last Name Facts

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

van Merdt is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Merdt? popularity and diffusion

The last name van Merdt is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name van Merdt occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of van Merdt are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent are found.

van Merdt Last Name Statistics demography

van Merdt earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.39% less than the national average, earning R 208,188 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
  • 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 van Merdt
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