The Merlino surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,647 people carried this name — #11,821 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 12% from 2,363 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,048 people named Merlino 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 303 people named Merlino.
79 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Var.
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
104 people named Merlino live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In print
Merlino in American newspapers,
1890–1899.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,842 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Merlino,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Saverio Merlino 1856–1930 · lawyer -
Libero Merlino 1882–1949 · writer -
Gene Merlino 1928–2024 · musician -
Jacques Merlino d. 2024 · reporter
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Jean-Marie François Merlino 1737–1805 · politician
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Giuseppe Merlino 1881–1918 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Merlino.
- 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
- Merlini 246 · 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
- Merry 3,704 · U.S. census
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