How rare is the last name Merrick?

8,336 people in the United States have the last name Merrick, about 1 in 35,856. It ranks #4,131 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MERRICK

#4,131

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,336
About
1 in 35,856
This common or more
56.3%
Who bears it

Of the 8,336 people with the last name Merrick, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 10.5% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Merrick

#4,129 Provost · 8,342#4,129 Register · 8,342#4,132 Kovach · 8,335#4,133 Sabo · 8,331

Spelled almost the same

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

#16,875 Merck · 1,647#33,969 Merricks · 720#34,665 Merica · 703#72,279 Merris · 290#92,574 Meyrick · 213#100,469 Merriss · 192#136,082 Merick · 128#136,807 Meric · 127

Also a first name

As a first name, Merrick ranks #4,128 of 53,615, with 4,659 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2017, with 296 births. See Merrick as a first name

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