The surname Merlin
A surname, carried by 1,519 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M645
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,519 people named Merlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,152.
#18,278
rank among US surnames
1,519
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+31.9%
change since 2000 (was #21,230)
Who is named Merlin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
62% of people named Merlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 62%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Merlin has the Soundex code M645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M645.
Questions
- How common is the surname Merlin?
- 1,519 people in the United States had the surname Merlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. It ranked 18,278th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Merlin?
- In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Merlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Merlin getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,519 in 2010, up 32%.