The Meert surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 255 people carried this name — #75,564 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 231 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Meert surname
A surname from Dutch.
Borrowed from Dutch Meert. In France, most prevalent in Nord department.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Méert» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,143 people named Meert live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Meert.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Meert live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Meert,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pieter Meert 1619–1669 · painter -
Edmond Meert 1879–1961 · textile manufacturer -
Henri Meert 1920–2006 · association football player -
Leo Meert 1880–1963 · writer
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Joseph Meert 1905–1989 · painter
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Wilfried Meert 1943– · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meert.
- Medico 512 · U.S. census
- Medin 370 · U.S. census
- Medina 188,497 · U.S. census
- Medinger 468 · U.S. census
- Medrano 40,261 · U.S. census
- Meersman 256 · U.S. census
- Mees 997 · U.S. census
- Megel 169 · U.S. census
- Meger 318 · U.S. census
- Meglio 376 · U.S. census
- Mehal 209 · U.S. census
- Mehdi 784 · U.S. census
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