How common is the surname Mershon?

1,999 people in the United States had the surname Mershon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,450 Americans. It ranked 14,827th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mershon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,999 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Mershon

A surname, carried by 1,999 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mershon is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,999 people named Mershon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,450 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,811.

#14,827

rank among US surnames

1,999

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,976)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,821	Reigle	2,001	154,296
#14,824	Stoneman	2,000	154,373
#14,827	Caudell	1,999	154,450
#14,834	Dames	1,998	154,527

Who is named Mershon

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

91% of people named Mershon identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mershon

Mershon has the Soundex code M625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M625.

Questions

How common is the surname Mershon?: 1,999 people in the United States had the surname Mershon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,450 Americans. It ranked 14,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mershon?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mershon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mershon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,999 in 2010, up 10%.