How common is the surname Mertens?

4,375 people in the United States had the surname Mertens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,570 Americans. It ranked 7,597th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mertens?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mertens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mertens?

Dries Mertens, Belgian association football player (born 1987), followed by Elise Mertens.

Where is the surname Mertens most common?

Wikidata records people named Mertens in Belgium.

Is the surname Mertens getting more or less common?

More common. 4,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,375 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Mertens

A surname, carried by 4,375 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mertens is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,375 people named Mertens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,570 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,017.

#7,597

rank among US surnames

4,375

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,591	Simmonds	4,379	70,506
#7,593	Sartin	4,377	70,538
#7,595	Claypool	4,376	70,554
#7,597	Mertens	4,375	70,570
#7,599	Renshaw	4,374	70,587
#7,600	Peele	4,373	70,603

Who is named Mertens

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Mertens identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mertenss

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dries Mertens
Belgian association football player (born 1987)
Elise Mertens
Belgian tennis player, born 1995
Gregory Mertens
Belgian footballer (1991–2015)
Pierre Mertens
Belgian writer, 1939–2025
Jan Mertens
Belgian bicycle racer (1904-1964)
Peter Mertens
Belgian sociologist and politician, born 1969
Stéphane Mertens
Belgian motorcycle racer, born 1959
Joseph Mertens
Belgian archaeologist (1921-2007)
Yannick Mertens
Belgian tennis player, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mertens

Mertens has the Soundex code M635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M635.

Questions

How common is the surname Mertens?: 4,375 people in the United States had the surname Mertens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,570 Americans. It ranked 7,597th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mertens?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mertens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mertens?: Dries Mertens, Belgian association football player (born 1987), followed by Elise Mertens.
Where is the surname Mertens most common?: Wikidata records people named Mertens in Belgium.
Is the surname Mertens getting more or less common?: More common. 4,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,375 in 2010, up 8.9%.