Surname Checker / Merritt
How Common Is the Last Name Merritt?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Merritt today
50,483
Ranked #756 of 162,254 published surnames · 15.46 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 45,594 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
75.08%
Black
19.67%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
Hispanic
2.11%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.