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Family name Merkel (Merkel , ميركل , Меркель ) , around the world, is a common surname. The cognomen Merkel is habitual in Germany, where it is quite a common surname, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare surname, and Switzerland. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Germany, the United States, and Kazakhstan. Very seldom, Merkel is the forename as well as the last name.