Merrick Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 25
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 56
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 32
Devon 28
Dorset 12
Durham 14
Essex 28
Gloucestershire 211
Hampshire 54
Herefordshire 132
Hertfordshire 14
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 40
Lancashire 387
Leicestershire 105
Lincolnshire 4
London 378
Middlesex 151
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 45
Nottinghamshire 71
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 71
Suffolk 5
Somerset 121
Surrey 28
Sussex 13
Staffordshire 364
Warwickshire 216
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 12
Worcestershire 137
Yorkshire 198

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 23
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 85
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 60
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Merrick Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Merrick family

Profession Census Frequency
School 303
General Labourer 29
Labourer 25
Farm Labourer 24
Private Means 22
None 17
Coal Miner Hewer 17
General Servant Domestic 15
At Home 13
Housekeeper 12
General Servant (domestic) 12
Carpenter 11
Charwoman 11
School Boy 11
Clerk 10
Domestic Servant 10
Laundress 10
Bricklayer 10
Farmer 10
Commercial Clerk 9
Domestic 9
Shop Assistant 9
Dressmaker 9
Assisting In The Business 9
Carter 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Merrick

Name Census Frequency
William Merrick 1,011
Mary Merrick 976
John Merrick 868
Thomas Merrick 640
George Merrick 629
Elizabeth Merrick 603
Sarah Merrick 587
James Merrick 471
Charles Merrick 356
Ann Merrick 354
Henry Merrick 317
Ellen Merrick 261
Eliza Merrick 252
Jane Merrick 244
Emily Merrick 218
Annie Merrick 210
Joseph Merrick 199
Richard Merrick 190
Edward Merrick 189
Emma Merrick 185
Alfred Merrick 177
Alice Merrick 175
Robert Merrick 165
Frederick Merrick 154
Harriet Merrick 123

Merrick Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Merrick 100% 15,267
2 Meyrick 86% 4,732
3 Marrack 71% 534
4 Marrick 86% 355
5 Merick 86% 296
6 Morrick 86% 200
7 Marrock 71% 118
8 Merrich 86% 116
9 Meyrich 71% 115

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The surname Merrick is the most popular version of all its varients

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