Last Name MERRICK

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Merick. Probably a variant of Almerick.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	3,910 (2000 US census)	3,362 (1990 US census)

Count	8,360 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.25%, or 7043 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.84%, or 906 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 40 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.39%, or 116 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.38%, or 115 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.67%, or 140 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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