How rare is the last name Merchant?

14,486 people in the United States have the last name Merchant, about 1 in 20,634. It ranks #2,438 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MERCHANT

#2,438

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,486
About
1 in 20,634
This common or more
50.1%
Who bears it

Of the 14,486 people with the last name Merchant, 58.7% reported their origin as White, 17.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 14.9% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Merchant

#2,436 Lombardo · 14,506#2,437 Rea · 14,490#2,439 Negrete · 14,482#2,439 Thurston · 14,482

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Merchant, most common first.

#19,901 Merchan · 1,353#64,360 Merchen · 334#76,032 Mercante · 273#129,045 Merchain · 138

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