Mergenthaler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mergenthaler, variant of Morgenthaler. From Morgen (morning) + Thal (obsolete spelling of Tal, "valley") + -er (equivalent to English demonym-former -er).

Proper noun

Mergenthaler (plural Mergenthalers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mergenthaler is the 39555^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Mergenthaler is most common among White (95.14%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mergenthaler”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 577.