Merz is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Merz
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Merz

How popular is Merz?

Merz is common in Germany.

Merz is ranked 17220 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Merz bearers increased by 1.099672 per cent in 2010 US census to 4321 since 2000, the surname slipped by 480 spots and ranked at 7684. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.47 96.12
Hispanic or Latino 2.73 1.59
Others 1.09 1.05
Black 0.67 0.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.4
Merz is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 30439 people have been found who wears Merz as their family name. Merz is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,078 Japan3
15,749 Finland3
661,536 Indonesia3
34,572 Israel2
10,858 Tunisia2
2,794 El Salvador2
5,217 Zambia2
9,272 Ecuador2
4,367 Afghanistan2
1,500,361 India2
24,766 Scotland2
2,744 Rwanda2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
28,232 Morocco2
14,408 Uruguay2
7,941 Guatemala1
20,172 Hungary1
1,542 Andorra1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
846 American Samoa1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
16,073 Latvia1
3,350 Fiji1
42,479 Greece1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,895 South Korea1
165,773 Belarus1
5,553 Taiwan1
58,885 Poland1
47,891 Norway1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
17,236 Ghana1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,292 Vietnam1
3,275 Nepal1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,454 Czech Republic28
11,685 Singapore24
11,387 Ireland22
29,040 Denmark15
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
126,983 Russia85
31,155 Netherlands75
56,973 South Africa73
12,039 Colombia70
9,925 New Zealand69
24,466 Belgium67
3,881 Hong Kong59
39,320 Spain55
1,061 Luxembourg53
Countries with hundreds of Merz:
8,308 Algeria803
25,252 Philippines516
20,978 France465
22,869 Italy437
3,041 Austria367
37,583 Brazil302
16,801 Canada219
21,011 Mexico157
16,815 Australia156
33,601 Argentina149
32,841 England134
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Merz:
6,817 United States5,652
197 Switzerland2,701
Countries with ten thousands of Merz:
330 Germany17,517
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Merz Namesakes

  • Abdelaziz Merzoughi, Olympic athlete
  • Abdelaziz Merzoug, Film actor
  • Cesare Merzagora, Italian Politician
  • Aleksey Merzlyakov, Poet
  • Alessia Merz, Television actor
  • Arturo Merzario, Racing driver
  • Victor Merzhanov, Pianist
  • Andrey Merzlikin, Film actor
  • Arturo Merzario, Racing driver
  • Aurélien Merz, Drummer
  • In 2016 action and fantasy flick, Dark Thoughts, Ben Merz characterized Mike Ferrel.

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