View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Merica Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Merica is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Mérica. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merica? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 292,296^th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 5,571,518 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Merica reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Merica is also the 156,264^th most common first name globally It is held by 2,279 people.

Merica is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 966 people, or 1 in 375,216. In The United States Merica is most common in: Virginia, where 25 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Michigan, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Uruguay, where 3 percent live.

Merica Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Merica has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 929 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Merica Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Merica last name are 39.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 86.25% being registered with the party.

Merica earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.3% more than the national average, earning $43,711 USD per year.