The Merin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 367 people carried this name — #55,841 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 346 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Merin.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Drôme.
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 40 people named Merin 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 Mendoza.
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
25 people named Merin is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Merin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eda Reiss Merin 1913–1998 · actor
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Saul Merin 1933–2012 · ophthalmologist
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Kenneth Merin 1947– · politician
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Chaim Merin 1948– · screenwriter
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Tamar Merin 1975– · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Merin.
- 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
- Merian 197 · 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
- Merle 1,302 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Merin is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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