Merkin Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 21
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Merkin Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Merkin family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Female Servant 3
Basket Maker 1
Independent 1
Coal Dealer 1
Cow Keeper 1
Hair Dresser 1
Iron Founder Apprentice 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Merkin

Name Census Frequency
Mary Merkin 24
John Merkin 14
Sarah Merkin 13
William Merkin 13
James Merkin 10
Thomas Merkin 9
Elizabeth Merkin 8
Henry Merkin 8
Charles Merkin 7
Richard Merkin 7
George Merkin 6
Emma Merkin 5
Fred Merkin 5
Harry Merkin 5
Ann Merkin 4
Ada Merkin 3
Annie Merkin 3
Arthur Merkin 3
Fanny Merkin 3
Frances Merkin 3
Hannah Merkin 3
Jacob Merkin 3
Jessie Merkin 3
Margaret Merkin 3
Ruth Merkin 3

Merkin Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Markin 83% 3,049
2 Murkin 83% 1,575
3 Mirkin 83% 364
4 Merkin 100% 262

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The surname Merkin is the 4th most popular variant of Markin.

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