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    The surname Merino

    A Spanish surname, carried by 11,684 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M650

    Merino: #3,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Merino #3,073, 11,684 people Merino: #3,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Merino #3,073, 11,684 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merino is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Merino.

    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 11,684 people named Merino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,425 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,480.

    #3,073
    rank among US surnames
    11,684
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +56.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,390)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,064Kolb11,70526,377
    #3,065Morrell11,70026,389
    #3,066Havens11,69926,391
    #3,067Brice11,69726,395
    #3,068Finnegan11,69526,400
    #3,069Soares11,69426,402
    #3,070Godoy11,69026,411

    Who is named Merino

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

    89% of people named Merino identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Merino

    Merino has the Soundex code M650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M650.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Merino come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Merino.
    How common is the surname Merino?
    11,684 people in the United States had the surname Merino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,425 Americans. It ranked 3,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Merino?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Merino identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Merino getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,684 in 2010, up 56%.