Mergenthaler
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Mergenthaler, variant of Morgenthaler. From Morgen (morning) + Thal (obsolete spelling of Tal, "valley") + -er (equivalent to English demonym-former -er).
Proper noun
editMergenthaler (plural Mergenthalers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mergenthaler is the 39555th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Mergenthaler is most common among White (95.14%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mergenthaler”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 577.