__NOTOC__ Mertens () is a surname of

Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...

Origin, meaning "son of Merten" (

Martin Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

). It is the fifth most common name in

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

with 18,518 people in 2008.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 43.4% of all known bearers of the surname ''Mertens'' were residents of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

(frequency 1:2,728), 34.8% of

(1:487), 8.8% of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

(1:60,847), 5.9% of the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

(1:4,188), 1.7% of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

(1:57,632) and 1.0% of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(1:299,871). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:487) only in one region:

Flemish Region The Flemish Region ( nl, Vlaams Gewest, ),; german: Flämische Region usually simply referred to as Flanders ( nl, link=no, Vlaanderen ) ; german: link=no, Flandern is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and t ...

(1:367). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,728) in the following regions: * 1.

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

(1:970) * 2.

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...

(1:1,361) In the

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,188) in the following provinces:.Mertens surname distribution
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Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

(1:959) * 2.

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...

(1:2,002)

Noble House of Mertens de Wilmars

* Charles Mertens de Wilmars (1921–1994), Belgian psychiatrist * Josse Mertens de Wilmars (1912–2002), Belgian jurist

Others

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* Claas Mertens (born 1992), German rower * Conner Mertens (born ca. 1994), American football player

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Dries Mertens Dries Mertens (; born 6 May 1987), nicknamed "Ciro", is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Belgium national team.

(born 1987), Belgian footballer * Dylan Mertens (born 1995), Dutch footballer

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Elise Mertens Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Mertens is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open partnering ...

(born 1995), Belgian tennis player * Els Mertens (born 1966), Belgian racing cyclist * Ewald Mertens (1909–1965), German middle-distance runner

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Frank Mertens Frank Mertens (born Frank Sorgatz; 26 October 1961) is a German musician. He is a former member of the German synth-pop group Alphaville. Personality wise, he is a shy and quiet person who doesn't like to talk. Shortly after the success of their ...

(born 1961), German keyboardist and composer * Franz Mertens (1840–1927), German mathematician **

Mertens conjecture In mathematics, the Mertens conjecture is the statement that the Mertens function M(n) is bounded by \pm\sqrt. Although now disproven, it had been shown to imply the Riemann hypothesis. It was conjectured by Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, in an 188 ...

Mertens function In number theory, the Mertens function is defined for all positive integers ''n'' as : M(n) = \sum_^n \mu(k), where \mu(k) is the Möbius function. The function is named in honour of Franz Mertens. This definition can be extended to positive re ...

Mertens' theorems In number theory, Mertens' theorems are three 1874 results related to the density of prime numbers proved by Franz Mertens.F. Mertens. J. reine angew. Math. 78 (1874), 46–6Ein Beitrag zur analytischen Zahlentheorie/ref> "Mertens' theorem" may a ...

, and

Meissel–Mertens constant The Meissel–Mertens constant (named after Ernst Meissel and Franz Mertens), also referred to as Mertens constant, Kronecker's constant, Hadamard– de la Vallée-Poussin constant or the prime reciprocal constant, is a mathematical constant in ...

* Franz Carl Mertens (1764–1831), German botanist

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* Gregory Mertens (1991–2015), Belgian footballer

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* Helmut Mertens (1917–1984), German fighter ace

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Jan Mertens the Younger Jan Mertens the Younger (died c. 1527) was a South Netherlandish painter, at the end of the period of Early Netherlandish painting. He was born and died in Antwerp. His father was the sculptor Jan Mertens the Elder, whose family is thought to ha ...

(died ca. 1527), South Netherlandish painter * Jan Mertens (1904–1964), Belgian cyclist. * Jan Mertens (1916–2000), Dutch politician * Jan Mertens (born 1995), Belgian footballer *

Jean-François Mertens Jean-François Mertens (11 March 1946 – 17 July 2012) was a Belgian game theorist and mathematical economist. Mertens contributed to economic theory in regards to order-book of market games, cooperative games, noncooperative games, repeated ga ...

(1946–2012), Belgian game theorist known **

Mertens-stable equilibrium In game theory, Mertens stability is a solution concept used to predict the outcome of a non-cooperative game. A tentative definition of stability was proposed by Elon Kohlberg and Jean-François Mertens for games with finite numbers of players a ...

, Mertens' voting game * Jerry Mertens (born 1936), American football cornerback * Jim Mertens (born 1947), American football player * John J. Mertens (1869 – >1924), South Dakota politician * Joseph Mertens (1921–2007), Belgian archaeologist

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Karl Heinrich Mertens Karl Heinrich Mertens (Russian: Андрей Карлович Мертенс, 17 May 1796 – 18 September 1830 Kronstadt), was a German botanist and naturalist, and son of the botanist Franz Carl Mertens. Mertens was aboard the Russian vessel ' ...

(1796–1830), German botanist and naturalist * Klaus Mertens (born 1949), German bass singer * Klaus Mertens (born 1950), German artist

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* Lennart Mertens (born 1992), Belgian footballer *

Linda Mertens Linda Mertens (born 20 July 1978) is a Belgian singer. She was the female singer for the group Milk Inc. Mertens was born in Wilrijk in Antwerp. She studied Art and after high school, she went to hairdresser school for two years. Her father i ...

(born 1978), Belgian singer *

Lothar Mertens Lothar Mertens (2 January 1959 – 4 December 2006) was a prolific German historian and social sciences scholar. A principal focus of his output was on the German Democratic Republic (East Germany, 1949–1990). Life and work Lothat Mertens wa ...

(1959–2006), German historian

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* Michael Mertens (born 1965), German shot putter

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* Peter Mertens (born 1969), Belgian author and politician * Pierre Mertens (born 1939), Belgian writer * Pieter Mertens (born 1980), Belgian road bicycle racer * Peter Mertens (born 1944) Canadian politician

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René Mertens René Mertens (3 March 1922 – 9 April 2014) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 Tour de France The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July 1948. It consisted of ...

(1922–2014), Belgian racing cyclist * Robert Mertens (1894–1975), German herpetologist **

Mertens' water monitor Mertens' water monitor (''Varanus mertensi''), also called commonly Mertens's water monitor, and often misspelled Mertin's water monitor, is a species of lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to northern Australia, and is a wide ...

Robert Mertens's day gecko Robert Mertens's day gecko (''Phelsuma robertmertensi'') is diurnal species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Comoros. Etymology The specific name, ''robertmertensi'', is in honour of German herpetologist Rob ...

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* Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen (1797–1857), German art collector and musician * Stéphane Mertens (born 1959), Belgian motorcycle road racer

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Tim Mertens Tim Mertens (born 7 February 1986 in Mechelen) is a former Belgian professional racing cyclist. He got most of his successes on the track. Mertens retired at the end of the 2013 season, at the age of 27. Career highlights Track ;2002 :1st, Na ...

(born 1986), Belgian racing cyclist

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Wim Mertens Wim Mertens (; born 14 May 1953) is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist. Life and work Mertens was born in Neerpelt, Belgium. He studied social and political science at the University of Leu ...

(born 1953), Belgian musician

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Yannick Mertens Yannick Mertens (born 25 June 1987) is a professional tennis player from Belgium who mainly has played on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 27 July 2015, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 179, and his highest doubles ranking of 363 was re ...

(born 1987), Belgian tennis player

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* Zenia Mertens (born 2001), Belgian footballer

Fictional characters

* Finn Mertens, main protagonist of the American animated television series ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

'' *Mertens, the protagonist of the 1998 PlayStation video game '' Colony Wars: Vengeance''

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Noble House of Mertens de Wilmars

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