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    The surname Merchant

    A surname, carried by 14,692 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M625

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merchant is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,692 people named Merchant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,015 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,421.

    #2,455
    rank among US surnames
    14,692
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,465)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,446Marion14,77720,894
    #2,447Lira14,75820,921
    #2,448Schuler14,74520,939
    #2,449Unger14,73820,949
    #2,450Mojica14,73720,950
    #2,451Rudd14,73220,957
    #2,452Demarco14,73120,959

    Who is named Merchant

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    64% of people named Merchant identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Merchants

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Natalie Merchant
      American singer, born 1963
    • Tamzin Merchant
      British actress, born 1987
    • Carolyn Merchant
      American ecofeminist, born 1936

    Notable Merchants come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Merchant

    Merchant has the Soundex code M625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Merchant?
    14,692 people in the United States had the surname Merchant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,015 Americans. It ranked 2,455th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Merchant?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Merchant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Merchant?
    Natalie Merchant, American singer, followed by Tamzin Merchant.
    Where is the surname Merchant most common?
    Wikidata records people named Merchant in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Merchant getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,692 in 2010, up 9.5%.