Merino surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Merino surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,684 people carried this name — #3,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,300 people counted. That is up 56% from 7,480 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 7,061 people named Merino 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,095
Neuquén 1,208
Río Negro 585
City of Buenos Aires 553
Mendoza 449
Córdoba 448
Santa Fe 347
Chaco 261

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 303 people named Merino.

121 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 121
Bouches-du-Rhône 32
Gironde 30
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 14
Pyrénées-Orientales 11
Paris 11
Rhône 8
Aude 8
Haute-Garonne 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

204 people named Merino live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 36
Zurich 34
Bern 28
Vaud 18
Neuchâtel 14
Zug 13
Lucerne 11
Thurgau 9

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.

In the Nordic population registers

31 people named Merino is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 31

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).

In print

Merino in American newspapers,
1903–1918.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Merino
The Sun 1903-01-19
Newspaper page from Dziennik Chicagoski carrying the name Merino
Dziennik Chicagoski 1918-10-05
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Merino
The Sun 1907-01-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 432,459 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Merino,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jerónimo Merino
    Jerónimo Merino 1769–1844 · partisan
  • Martín Merino y Gómez
    Martín Merino y Gómez 1789–1852 · Catholic priest
  • Rosa Merino
    Rosa Merino 1790–1868 · singer
  • Juan Carlos Merino Figueroa d. 1973 · student
  • Clemente Merino Piquer d. 1936 · educator
  • Esteban Gabriel Merino 1472–1535 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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