The Merlet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 126 people carried this name — #133,863 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 114 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,916 people named Merlet.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Vendée.
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
32 people named Merlet live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Merlet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-François Honoré, baron Merlet 1761–1830 · lawyer -
Jules Merlet 1830–1921 · politician -
Alberto Merlet 1870–1999 · politician -
Alexander Erwin Merlet 1886–1939 · physician -
Gabriel Éléonore Merlet de la Boulaye 1736–1807 · botanist
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Lucien Merlet 1827–1898 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Merlet.
- 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
- Merley 119 · U.S. census
- Merli 318 · U.S. census
- Merlin 1,519 · U.S. census
- Merling 171 · U.S. census
- Merlini 246 · U.S. census
- Merlino 2,647 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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