Merchant is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Merchant
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Merchant

How popular is Merchant?

Merchant is common in United States.

Merchant is ranked 21422 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Merchants grew by 9.470233 per cent to 14692 since 2000 and ranked 2455 after elevating 10 spots. The last name was found in around 50 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 63.76 68.66
Black 15.71 15.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 14.31 11.12
Hispanic or Latino 3.29 2.06
Others 2.35 2.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.5
Merchant is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guyana is ahead in terms of density. Around 24121 people have been found who wears Merchant as their family name. Merchant is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,235 Costa Rica7
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
1,389 Grenada3
67,494 South Africa3
5,909 Bangladesh3
4,231 Jamaica2
118,441 Germany2
201,317 England2
13,606 Senegal1
1,542 Andorra1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
1,254 Gibraltar1
17,575 Kuwait1
56,169 Mexico1
38,830 Morocco1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
81,201 Switzerland1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,791 Spain49
212,163 Russia41
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,629 Guyana71
9,925 New Zealand69
Countries with hundreds of Merchant:
3,671 Australia830
5,913 Canada730
23,823 Tanzania170
Countries with thousands of Merchant:
5,922 India8,706
5,032 Pakistan1,132
Countries with ten thousands of Merchant:
3,278 United States12,269
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 27 years old carpenter David Merchant who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on November 25, 1851 by Washington put out from Liverpool. Alfred Merchant, aged 32, are others that migrated to US.

Merchant Namesakes

  • Vaibhavi Merchant, Choreographer
  • Vaibhavi Merchant, Choreographer
  • Kusai Abid Merchant, Author
  • Ajit Merchant, Music composer
  • Verónica Merchant, Actress
  • Alpheus Merchant, Actor
  • Joseph Merchant, Politician
  • Ameen Merchant, Writer
  • Kishwar Merchant, Television actress
  • Arwa Merchant, Film Editor

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