How common is the surname Merry?

3,704 people in the United States had the surname Merry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,355 Americans. It ranked 8,844th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Merry?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Merry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Merry?

Katharine Merry, British 400m runner.

Where is the surname Merry most common?

Wikidata records people named Merry in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Merry getting more or less common?

More common. 3,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,704 in 2010, up 0.2%.

Is Merry also a first name?

Yes. Merry is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Merry

A nickname surname, carried by 3,704 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merry is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.

Merry is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,704 people named Merry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,355 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,698.

#8,844

rank among US surnames

3,704

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,242)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,841	Pinkham	3,706	83,310
#8,843	Colter	3,705	83,332
#8,844	Cusack	3,704	83,355
#8,848	Sweatt	3,703	83,377
#8,850	Dunston	3,702	83,400
#8,853	Marano	3,701	83,422

Who is named Merry

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

93% of people named Merry identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Merrys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Katharine Merry
British 400m runner

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Merry

Merry has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Merry?: 3,704 people in the United States had the surname Merry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,355 Americans. It ranked 8,844th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Merry?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Merry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Merry?: Katharine Merry, British 400m runner.
Where is the surname Merry most common?: Wikidata records people named Merry in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Merry?: Merry is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Merry getting more or less common?: More common. 3,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,704 in 2010, up 0.2%.
Is Merry also a first name?: Yes. Merry is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.