How common is the surname Merk?

1,109 people in the United States had the surname Merk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,400 Americans. It ranked 23,054th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Merk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Merk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Merk getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,109 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Merk

A surname, carried by 1,109 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merk is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

* As a Dutch surname, variant of Mark (both senses). * As a German surname, From German Merk, shortening of Markwardt.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,109 people named Merk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,400 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,156.

#23,054

rank among US surnames

1,109

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,156)

Who is named Merk

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

96% of people named Merk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Merk

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

Questions

Where does the surname Merk come from?: * As a Dutch surname, variant of Mark (both senses). * As a German surname, From German Merk, shortening of Markwardt.
How common is the surname Merk?: 1,109 people in the United States had the surname Merk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,400 Americans. It ranked 23,054th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Merk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Merk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Merk getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,109 in 2010, down 4.1%.