Merkel is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Merkel
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Merkel

How popular is Merkel?

Merkel is common in Germany.

Merkel is ranked 14230 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Merkel bearers increased by 6.294663 per cent in 2010 US census to 6991 since 2000, the surname slipped by 113 spots and ranked at 5022. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.17 97.42
Hispanic or Latino 2.05 0.85
Others 1.5 0.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.33
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.17
Black 0.27 0.36
Merkel is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 37128 people have been found who wears Merkel as their family name. Merkel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,406 Moldova10
9,053 Senegal5
10,542 China4
11,392 Slovakia3
1,851 Togo3
7,683 Latvia3
15,749 Finland3
5,332 Estonia3
14,078 Japan3
26,532 Chile2
65,594 Belgium2
787 Andorra2
17,692 Armenia2
41,879 Turkey2
34,681 Norway2
11,736 Lithuania2
40,256 Mexico2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
28,365 Kenya1
36,814 Romania1
21,562 Portugal1
37,779 Serbia1
25,721 Egypt1
19,810 Croatia1
24,771 Colombia1
66,560 Philippines1
1,704,541 India1
31,584 Peru1
113 Falkland Islands1
7,895 South Korea1
14,373 Jordan1
2,309 Monaco1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
38,830 Morocco1
15,162 Costa Rica1
50,549 Georgia1
1,970 Grenada1
17,236 Ghana1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,238 Spain50
25,956 Belarus49
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
57,220 Netherlands27
27,663 Kyrgyzstan20
15,050 Singapore18
67,946 Czech Republic12
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,803 Denmark89
72,056 Italy78
3,257 Hong Kong71
Countries with hundreds of Merkel:
7,126 Canada590
20,365 France478
6,164 Kazakhstan434
7,230 Australia397
32,218 Brazil366
17,922 Poland334
3,654 Austria314
18,059 Argentina299
20,379 South Africa292
4,721 Hungary262
3,943 Sweden247
2,955 Bolivia243
5,304 Switzerland225
25,613 England188
6,656 Israel165
33,665 Ukraine159
Countries with thousands of Merkel:
4,763 United States8,323
9,990 Russia1,821
Countries with ten thousands of Merkel:
245 Germany21,451
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Joseph Merkel worked as joiner and hailed from Italy. 40 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Bourgogne and arrived on March 21, 1887.

Merkel Namesakes

  • Alexander Merkel, Soccer player
  • Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
  • Bertie Merkell, Patsy Palmer's son
  • Bri Merkel, Screenwriter
  • Broder Merkel, Author
  • Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
  • Una Merkel, Film actress
  • Una Merkel, Film actress
  • Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
  • Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
  • In 2018, Matilda Merkel characterized the role of Steffi in adventure and drama movie Raus.
  • In 2015, Klara Merkel portrayed the role of Kiki Lilou in action and adventure film V8 - Die Rache der Nitros.

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