Merino

11,685 people in the United States were counted with the surname Merino in the 2020 census, making it the 3,006th most common in the country. That is about one person in 25,600.

By the numbers

People: 11,685
Rank: 3,006th
How common: 1 in 25,600
Per 100,000: 3.9

Where the name comes from

Origin Spanish

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Merino described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 88.8%
White, not Hispanic 8.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 0.4%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Merino

Mikel Merino (born 1996)Spanish footballer
Manuel Merino (born 1961)President of Peru from 10 to 15 November 2020
Delfina Merino (born 1989)Olympic field hockey player
Sabin Merino (born 1992)Spanish association football player
Aquilino Bocos Merino (born 1938)Spanish cardinal
Beatriz Merino (born 1947)Peruvian lawyer and politician
José Toribio Merino (1915–1996)Chilean politician and admiral
Juan Merino (born 1970)Spanish football player/manager

People named Merino with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Merino

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.