How common is the surname Merkley?

1,908 people in the United States had the surname Merkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. It ranked 15,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Merkley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Merkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Merkley?

Jeff Merkley, American politician (born 1956).

Where is the surname Merkley most common?

Wikidata records people named Merkley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Merkley?

Merkley is /ˈmɜː(ɹ)kli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Merkley getting more or less common?

More common. 1,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,908 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Merkley

A German surname, carried by 1,908 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɜː(ɹ)kli/ 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). Merkley is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Probably an Americanized form of Merkel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,908 people named Merkley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,701.

#15,370

rank among US surnames

1,908

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,752)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,363	Delany	1,909	161,732
#15,370	Calo	1,908	161,816

Who is named Merkley

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

95% of people named Merkley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Merkleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Merkley
American politician (born 1956)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Merkley

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Merkley come from?: Probably an Americanized form of Merkel.
How common is the surname Merkley?: 1,908 people in the United States had the surname Merkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. It ranked 15,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Merkley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Merkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Merkley?: Jeff Merkley, American politician (born 1956).
Where is the surname Merkley most common?: Wikidata records people named Merkley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Merkley?: Merkley is /ˈmɜː(ɹ)kli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Merkley getting more or less common?: More common. 1,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,908 in 2010, up 12%.