The surname Merida
A Spanish place surname, carried by 4,411 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də/ 3 syllables Soundex M630 Also a first name
Origin
Spanish origin
Uncertain. Possibly a coinage based on Mary, or transferred from the Spanish place name Mérida.
Merida is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,411 people named Merida in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,994 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,701.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #7,531 | Almendarez | 4,415 | 69,931 |
| #7,532 | Messier | 4,413 | 69,963 |
| #7,534 | Kilby | 4,412 | 69,979 |
| #7,536 | Tung | 4,411 | 69,994 |
| #7,541 | Lazarus | 4,410 | 70,010 |
Who is named Merida
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Merida identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
- White (not Hispanic) 15%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- Two or more races 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Merida
Merida has the Soundex code M630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M630.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Merida come from?
- Uncertain. Possibly a coinage based on Mary, or transferred from the Spanish place name Mérida.
- How common is the surname Merida?
- 4,411 people in the United States had the surname Merida in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,994 Americans. It ranked 7,536th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Merida?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Merida identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Merida?
- Merida is /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Merida?
- Merida is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Merida getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,411 in 2010, up 63%.
- Is Merida also a first name?
- Yes. Merida is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.