Merrill is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Merrill
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Merrill

How popular is Merrill?

Merrill is common in United States.

Merrill is ranked 12014 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Merrill bearers increased by 2.714277 per cent in 2010 US census to 32620 since 2000, the surname slipped by 66 spots and ranked at 1073. The last name was found in around 111 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.32 91.74
Black 4.18 3.91
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.54
Others 1.67 1.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 1 0.92
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.54
Merrill is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 44385 people have been found who wears Merrill as their family name. Merrill is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,759 Japan5
10,542 China4
381,097 Ukraine4
119,730 Brazil3
6,779 Nicaragua3
65,594 Belgium2
95,312 Argentina2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
50,640 Switzerland2
4,104 South Korea2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
14,521 Portugal2
18,035 Egypt2
6,353 Panama2
1,333 Guam2
9,185 Hong Kong2
14,004 Hungary2
485 Dominica2
124,220 Italy2
883 Macau2
17,547 Colombia2
28,083 Romania2
174,544 Czech Republic1
810,193 Indonesia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
7,292 Vietnam1
37,779 Serbia1
897,276 Russia1
13,447 Uganda1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
10,190 Bahrain1
15,705 Cameroon1
19,810 Croatia1
42,479 Greece1
49,529 Israel1
12,745 Luxembourg1
40,340 Malaysia1
47,891 Norway1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
36,678 Singapore1
31,207 Ireland1
2,613 The Bahamas1
1,542 Andorra1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,872 New Zealand43
11,040 Scotland39
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
21,901 Chile27
73,929 Spain21
23,914 Denmark20
7,162 Thailand15
559,154 India12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
4,622 Wales79
Countries with hundreds of Merrill:
7,095 England973
38,477 Germany269
39,199 Philippines258
27,867 South Africa201
13,812 Australia197
19,046 Mexico183
4,978 Ecuador161
Countries with thousands of Merrill:
4,264 Canada1,059
Countries with ten thousands of Merrill:
914 United States40,618
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 33 years old servant Henry Merrill who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on September 30, 1850 by William Rathbone put out from Liverpool. Mary Merrill (32) Immigrant, 4 years old Mary-Anne Merrill, Elizabeth Merrill, Thomas Merrill (18) Clerk, 23 years old John Merrill, Ann Merrill (29) Immigrant, John Merrill (30) Workman, Mary Merrill, aged 24, are others that migrated to US.

Merrill Namesakes

  • Allyne L. Merrill, Physicist
  • Robert Merrill, Actor
  • Andy Merrill, Television writer
  • Arch Merrill, Journalist
  • Stump Merrill, Manager
  • Bertha Merrill Holt, Politician
  • Alan Merrill, Vocalist
  • Boynton Merrill, Author
  • Brandon Merrill, Actress
  • Charles E. Merrill, Philanthropist

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