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    The surname Merten

    A surname, carried by 1,769 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M635

    Merten: #16,302 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Merten #16,302, 1,769 people Merten: #16,302 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Merten #16,302, 1,769 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Merten is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,769 people named Merten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,531 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,790.

    #16,302
    rank among US surnames
    1,769
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,117)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,295Swayne1,770174,433
    #16,302Merten1,769174,531
    #16,305Renderos1,768174,630

    Who is named Merten

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

    95% of people named Merten identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Merten

    Merten has the Soundex code M635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Merten?
    1,769 people in the United States had the surname Merten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,531 Americans. It ranked 16,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Merten?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Merten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Merten getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,790 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,769 in 2010, down 1.2%.