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The merchant Surname

merchant Name Meaning and History

  1. English: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French, Middle English march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans (see Marchand).
  2. Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Muslim and Parsi occupational name for a trader, from the English vocabulary word merchant.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The merchant name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the merchant family name as far back in history as possible.

merchant Family Facts

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Distribution of merchant Families in the US in 1920
Number of merchant families
 72-141
 25-71		 1-24
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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