Surname Checker / Merrill
How Common Is the Last Name Merrill?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Merrill today
36,118
Ranked #1,073 of 162,254 published surnames · 11.06 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 32,620 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
90.32%
Black
4.18%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.7%
Hispanic
2.13%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.