# Merz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/merz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,321 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,684 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 71,452 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (4,274 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Merz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Merz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Merz in Yugoslavia, the United States, Austria and Cisleithania.

## People named Merz

- Ivan Merz, Bosnian-Croatian academic, Catholic layperson, writer, schoolteacher, polyglot and blessed
- William Merz, American athletics and gymnastics competitor (1878-1946)
- Alfred Merz, Austrian geographer, oceanographer and director of the Institute of Marine Science in Berl
- Robert Merz, Austrian association football player (1887-1914)

## Similar surnames

Mears, Meraz, Mroz, Mraz, Meers, Mercy, Merck, Merk, Morris, Myers, Marsh, Meyers.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.