The Merli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 318 people carried this name — #62,903 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 303 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 605 people named Merli 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 mapWhere they live today
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 211 people named Merli.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
63 people named Merli live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Merli.
- Merkel 6,991 · U.S. census
- Merkling 299 · U.S. census
- Merlan 379 · U.S. census
- Merle 1,302 · U.S. census
- Merlet 126 · U.S. census
- Merley 119 · 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
- Merlo 3,122 · U.S. census
- Merlos 1,886 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Merli is.
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