How common is the surname Merrifield?

3,596 people in the United States had the surname Merrifield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,858 Americans. It ranked 9,088th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Merrifield?

Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist.

Where is the surname Merrifield most common?

Wikidata records people named Merrifield in the United States.

Is the surname Merrifield getting more or less common?

More common. 3,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,596 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Merrifield

A surname, carried by 3,596 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merrifield is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,596 people named Merrifield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,858 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,534.

#9,088

rank among US surnames

3,596

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,579)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,081	Lindahl	3,599	85,786
#9,084	Polo	3,598	85,810
#9,085	Varnado	3,597	85,834
#9,088	Whitesell	3,596	85,858
#9,090	Nice	3,595	85,882
#9,092	Dart	3,594	85,906

Who is named Merrifield

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

91% of people named Merrifield identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Merrifields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Bruce Merrifield
American biochemist, 1921–2006

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Merrifield

Morefield

Merrifield has the Soundex code M614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M614.

Questions

How common is the surname Merrifield?: 3,596 people in the United States had the surname Merrifield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,858 Americans. It ranked 9,088th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Merrifield?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Merrifield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Merrifield?: Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist.
Where is the surname Merrifield most common?: Wikidata records people named Merrifield in the United States.
Is the surname Merrifield getting more or less common?: More common. 3,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,596 in 2010, up 1.8%.