How common is the last name Merrill?

31,507 people in the United States have the last name Merrill, about 1 in 9,487. It ranks #1,093 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MERRILL

#1,093

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,507
About
1 in 9,487
This common or more
40.8%
Who bears it

Of the 31,507 people with the last name Merrill, 87.3% reported their origin as White, 4% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Merrill

#1,091 Lehman · 31,533#1,092 Dotson · 31,521#1,094 Haney · 31,479#1,095 Riddle · 31,463

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,990 Merrell · 8,631#113,026 Merrel · 165#132,523 Merriel · 133#141,309 Merila · 121

Also a first name

As a first name, Merrill ranks #3,326 of 53,615, with 6,383 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1926, with 321 births. See Merrill as a first name

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