Merrit

English

Etymology

Variant of Merritt.

Proper noun

Merrit (plural Merrits)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Merrit is the 36154^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Merrit is most common among White (62.26%) and Black/African American (32.42%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Merrit”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 579.