The Merian surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 197 people carried this name — #93,125 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 6% from 209 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 188 people named Merian.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Morbihan.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
87 people named Merian live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Merian,
with a public archive behind them.
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Matthäus Merian 1593–1650 · illustrator -
Matthäus Merian 1593–1650 · illustrator
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Matthäus Merian the younger 1621–1687 · illustrator -
Matthäus Merian the younger 1621–1687 · illustrator
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Caspar Merian 1627–1686 · illustrator -
Isaak Merian d. 1762
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Merian.
- 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
- Meri 201 · 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
- Merlan 379 · U.S. census
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