The Merlin surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,152 people carried this name — #21,230 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,043 people named Merlin.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 181 people named Merlin live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
114 people named Merlin live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Merlin.
- Merkling 317 · U.S. census
- Merlan 277 · U.S. census
- Merle 1,122 · U.S. census
- Merlet 114 · U.S. census
- Merley 119 · U.S. census
- Merli 303 · U.S. census
- Merling 211 · U.S. census
- Merlini 281 · U.S. census
- Merlino 2,363 · U.S. census
- Merlo 2,697 · U.S. census
- Merlos 1,114 · U.S. census
- Merly 170 · U.S. census
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