How Many People Have the Last Name Merle?
people had the surname Merle in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 227,273 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 12 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+180 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Merle (80.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 13%, are Hispanic or Latino. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Merle ranks #16,376. From 2000 to 2010, the Hispanic or Latino share rose from 9.6% to 13%.
Withheld: too few people to publish.
📈 Change Since 2000
Merle grew from 1,122 people in 2000 to 1,302 in 2010 (up 16%), and its rank rose from #21,651 to #20,408.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,122 | 1,302 |
| Rank | #21,651 | #20,408 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.42 | 0.44 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Merle
| Rank | Surname | People in 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| #20,408 | Mcduff | 1,302 |
| #20,408 | Mcgillivray | 1,302 |
| #20,408 | Mendell | 1,302 |
| #20,408 | Pettijohn | 1,302 |
| #20,408 | Satterthwaite | 1,302 |
| #20,408 | Turay | 1,302 |
| #20,408 | Merle | 1,302 |
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Merle: M640
👤 Merle as a First Name
Merle is a first name too: about 11,469 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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