How common is the surname Merkle?

3,791 people in the United States had the surname Merkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,442 Americans. It ranked 8,668th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Merkle?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Merkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Merkle?

Ralph Merkle, American cryptographer and cryonicist (born 1952), followed by Arnaud Merklé.

Where is the surname Merkle most common?

Wikidata records people named Merkle in the United States and France.

Is the surname Merkle getting more or less common?

More common. 3,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,791 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Merkle

A surname, carried by 3,791 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merkle is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,791 people named Merkle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,442 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,590.

#8,668

rank among US surnames

3,791

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,450)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,663	Kapoor	3,794	81,377
#8,664	Hufford	3,793	81,399
#8,665	Bos	3,792	81,420
#8,668	Merkle	3,791	81,442
#8,669	McKim	3,790	81,463
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485

Who is named Merkle

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

95% of people named Merkle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Merkles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ralph Merkle
American cryptographer and cryonicist (born 1952)
Arnaud Merklé
Badminton player, born 2000

Notable Merkles come mostly from the United States (1) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Merkle

Merkle has the Soundex code M624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M624.

Questions

How common is the surname Merkle?: 3,791 people in the United States had the surname Merkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,442 Americans. It ranked 8,668th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Merkle?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Merkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Merkle?: Ralph Merkle, American cryptographer and cryonicist (born 1952), followed by Arnaud Merklé.
Where is the surname Merkle most common?: Wikidata records people named Merkle in the United States and France.
Is the surname Merkle getting more or less common?: More common. 3,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,791 in 2010, up 5.6%.