The MERTON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	440	45735	0	2
United States (1880 census)	317	13706	0.001	6
Change since 1880	+123	-32029	+N/A	-4
Other Countries
Australia	206	7331	0.001	13
United Kingdom	362	11203	0.001	8

Top States for MERTON by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Texas	60	21865	0.000	3
Florida	43	33914	0.000	3
New York	43	39159	0.000	2
California	41	49048	0.000	1
New Jersey	27	33746	0.000	3
Top States for MERTON by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Maine	9	14095	0.001	7
Vermont	3	22367	0.000	5
Connecticut	14	31166	0.000	4
Oregon	13	28289	0.000	4
Massachusetts	24	28320	0.000	4

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MERTON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MERTON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MERTON in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MERTON by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MERTON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MERTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MERTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MERTON in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	376	85.45
Asian/Pacific	24	5.45
Black/African American	21	4.77
Mixed Race	11	2.5
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant
White (Hispanic)	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MERTON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to MERTON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MERTON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.