How common is the surname Mertes?

1,728 people in the United States had the surname Mertes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,672 Americans. It ranked 16,593rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mertes?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mertes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mertes getting more or less common?

More common. 1,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,728 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Mertes

A surname, carried by 1,728 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mertes is more common than 89.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,728 people named Mertes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,672 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,673.

#16,593

rank among US surnames

1,728

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,954)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,586	Curto	1,729	178,569
#16,593	Bruneau	1,728	178,672
#16,601	Rapier	1,727	178,776

Who is named Mertes

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

95% of people named Mertes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mertes

Mertes has the Soundex code M632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M632.

Questions

How common is the surname Mertes?: 1,728 people in the United States had the surname Mertes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,672 Americans. It ranked 16,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mertes?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mertes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mertes getting more or less common?: More common. 1,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,728 in 2010, up 3.3%.