The Meri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 201 people carried this name — #91,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 48% from 136 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Meri.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 69 people named Meri 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 Salta.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
335 people named Meri are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Meri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Meri 1900–1983 · military personnel -
Georg Meri 1900–1983 · military personnel
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Georg Meri 1900–1983 · military personnel
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Otto Meri 1861–1942 · local politician
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Heinrich Meri 1887–1980 · composer
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Harald Meri 1917–1990 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meri.
- Mercy 575 · U.S. census
- Mere 388 · U.S. census
- Merel 192 · U.S. census
- Merenda 830 · U.S. census
- Mergel 241 · U.S. census
- Mergen 850 · U.S. census
- Merian 197 · U.S. census
- Merin 367 · U.S. census
- Merino 11,684 · U.S. census
- Merit 221 · U.S. census
- Merkel 6,991 · U.S. census
- Merkling 299 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Meri is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.