Mertens

As of 2014, 43.4% of all known bearers of the surname Mertens were residents of Germany (frequency 1:2,728), 34.8% of Belgium (1:487), 8.8% of the United States (1:60,847), 5.9% of the Netherlands (1:4,188), 1.7% of France (1:57,632) and 1.0% of Brazil (1:299,871). In Belgium, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:487) only in one region: Flemish Region (1:367). In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,728) in the following regions: • 1. North Rhine-Westphalia (1:970) • 2. Saxony-Anhalt (1:1,361) In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,188) in the following provinces:. • 1. Limburg (1:959) • 2. North Brabant (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 ==

C • Charles Mertens (1862–1919), Belgian painter, printmaker and illustrator • Christian Mertens (born 1991), German politician • Claas Mertens (born 1992), German rower • Conner Mertens (born ca. 1994), American football player D • Dries Mertens (born 1987), Belgian footballer • Dylan Mertens (born 1995), Dutch footballer E • Elise Mertens (born 1995), Belgian tennis player • Els Mertens (born 1966), Belgian racing cyclist • Ewald Mertens (1909–1965), German middle-distance runner F • Frank Mertens (born 1961), German keyboardist and composer • Franz Mertens (1840–1927), German mathematician • Mertens conjecture, Mertens function, Mertens' theorems, and Meissel–Mertens constant • Franz Carl Mertens (1764–1831), German botanist G • Gregory Mertens (1991–2015), Belgian footballer H • Helmut Mertens (1917–1984), German fighter ace J • Jan Mertens the Younger (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 (1946–2012), Belgian game theorist known • Mertens-stable equilibrium, 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 K • Karl Heinrich Mertens (1796–1830), German botanist and naturalist • Klaus Mertens (born 1949), German bass singer • Klaus Mertens (born 1950), German artist L • Lennart Mertens (born 1992), Belgian footballer • Linda Mertens (born 1978), Belgian singer • Lothar Mertens (1959–2006), German historian M • Michael Mertens (born 1965), German shot putter P • Peter Mertens (born 1969), Belgian author and politician • Pierre Mertens (1939–2025), Belgian-French writer and lawyer • Pieter Mertens (born 1980), Belgian road bicycle racer • Peter Mertens (born 1944) Canadian politician • Paul Mertens (born 1957) Songwriter and creator of Pitti Polak R • René Mertens (1922–2014), Belgian racing cyclist • Robert Mertens (1894–1975), German herpetologist • Mertens' water monitor • Robert Mertens's day gecko S • Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen (1797–1857), German art collector and musician • Stéphane Mertens (born 1959), Belgian motorcycle road racer T • Thomas Mertens (fl. 1666–1669, Flemish still life painter • Tim Mertens (born 1986), Belgian racing cyclist W • W. Mertens (fl. 1650–1675), Flemish still life painter • Wim Mertens (born 1953), Belgian musician Y • Yannick Mertens (born 1987), Belgian tennis player Z • Zenia Mertens (born 2001), Belgian footballer ==Fictional characters==

• Finn Mertens, main protagonist of the American animated television series Adventure Time • Martin Mertens, a character who is Finn's Father in the American animated television series Adventure Time • Mertens, the protagonist of the 1998 PlayStation video game Colony Wars: Vengeance ==See also==