How common is the surname Merriam?

2,787 people in the United States had the surname Merriam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. It ranked 11,322nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Merriam?

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

Who is the most famous person named Merriam?

Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist (1855-1942), followed by Charles Edward Merriam.

Where is the surname Merriam most common?

Wikidata records people named Merriam in the United States.

Is the surname Merriam getting more or less common?

More common. 2,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,787 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Merriam

A surname, carried by 2,787 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merriam is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,787 people named Merriam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,720.

#11,322

rank among US surnames

2,787

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,765)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,318	Patil	2,790	110,661
#11,319	Twitchell	2,789	110,701
#11,321	Dorton	2,788	110,741
#11,322	Maharaj	2,787	110,781
#11,327	Markovich	2,786	110,820

Who is named Merriam

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

95% of people named Merriam identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Merriams

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clinton Hart Merriam
American zoologist and ornithologist (1855-1942)
Charles Edward Merriam
American political scientist (1874-1953)
Alan P. Merriam
American ethnomusicologist (1923–1980)
Charlotte Merriam
American actress, 1903–1972
William Rush Merriam
American politician (1849–1931)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Merriam

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

Questions

How common is the surname Merriam?: 2,787 people in the United States had the surname Merriam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. It ranked 11,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Merriam?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Merriam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Merriam?: Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist (1855-1942), followed by Charles Edward Merriam.
Where is the surname Merriam most common?: Wikidata records people named Merriam in the United States.
Is the surname Merriam getting more or less common?: More common. 2,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,787 in 2010, up 2.5%.