Last Name MERTON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Merton, parishes in couonties Oxford, Devon, Norfolk, and Surrey.
Local: From Merton, a town in Sussex, England, so called from 'mere,' a lake or marsh, and 'ton.'
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 45,735 (2000 US census) 31,515 (1990 US census)
Count 440 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.45%, or 376 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.77%, or 21 total occurrences, as black,
  • 5.45%, or 24 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.5%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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