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    The surname Merck

    A surname, carried by 1,645 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M620

    Merck: #17,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Merck #17,216, 1,645 people Merck: #17,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Merck #17,216, 1,645 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merck is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,645 people named Merck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,619.

    #17,216
    rank among US surnames
    1,645
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,373)

    Who is named Merck

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

    92% of people named Merck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Merck

    Merck has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Merck?
    1,645 people in the United States had the surname Merck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. It ranked 17,216th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Merck?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Merck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Merck getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,645 in 2010, up 1.6%.