The Merlini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 246 people carried this name — #77,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 12% from 281 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 575 people named Merlini 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
154 people named Merlini live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Merlini.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Martinique.
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.
Who carried it
People named Merlini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Merlini d. 1860 · architect -
Giovanni Merlini d. 1860 · architect
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Giovanni Merlini d. 1860 · architect
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Giovanni Merlini d. 1860 · architect
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Giovanni Merlini d. 1860 · architect
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Orlando Merlini 1500–1600 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Merlini.
- Merle 1,302 · U.S. census
- Merlet 126 · U.S. census
- Merley 119 · U.S. census
- Merli 318 · U.S. census
- Merlin 1,519 · U.S. census
- Merling 171 · U.S. census
- Merlino 2,647 · U.S. census
- Merlo 3,122 · U.S. census
- Merlos 1,886 · U.S. census
- Merly 136 · U.S. census
- Mero 1,750 · U.S. census
- Meron 235 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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