The Mery surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 376 people carried this name — #54,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 361 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,381 people named Mery.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Indre.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Mery 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
26 people named Mery live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Mery,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Mery 1891–1914 · military personnel -
François Mery 1834–1893 · military officer
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Pierre Mery 1939– · physician
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Nelson Mery 1941– · police officer
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Gérard Mery 1957– · politician
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Patrice Mery 1958– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mery.
- Merson 1,034 · U.S. census
- Merten 1,769 · U.S. census
- Mertens 4,375 · U.S. census
- Mertes 1,728 · U.S. census
- Mertz 7,841 · U.S. census
- Merville 108 · U.S. census
- Merz 4,321 · U.S. census
- Mesa 13,566 · U.S. census
- Mesbah 133 · U.S. census
- Meschi 153 · U.S. census
- Mesmer 701 · U.S. census
- Mesnard 314 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mery is.
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