The Mer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 210 people carried this name — #88,336 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 86% from 113 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 317 people named Mer.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 25 people named Mer 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 Córdoba.
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 Mer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gideon Mer 1894–1961 · military physician -
Gideon Mer 1894–1961 · military physician
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Francis Mer 1939–2023 · businessperson -
Émile Mer 1841–1921 · botanist
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Jean Mer 1885–1949 · military personnel
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Paul Mer 1898–1978 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mer.
- Mentzer 3,410 · U.S. census
- Meny 233 · U.S. census
- Menzel 2,553 · U.S. census
- Menzer 671 · U.S. census
- Meo 901 · U.S. census
- Meoni 120 · U.S. census
- Mera 2,206 · U.S. census
- Meras 439 · U.S. census
- Mercadal 227 · U.S. census
- Mercader 201 · U.S. census
- Mercer 34,431 · U.S. census
- Merceron 138 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mer is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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