The Mertes surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,673 people carried this name — #15,954 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 299 people named Mertes live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 246

Antwerp 29

Luxembourg Province 11

Namur 8

Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Mertes.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 15

Moselle 45

Meurthe-et-Moselle 15

Marne 10

Paris 9

Tarn-et-Garonne 3

Pas-de-Calais 1

Yvelines 1

Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

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