Merrick Family History
Merrick Name Meaning
Welsh: from the Welsh personal name Meurig, a form of
Maurice, Latin Mauritius (see Morris).English: from an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by
the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements meri,
mari ‘fame’ + ric ‘power’.Scottish: habitational
name from a place near Minigaff in the county of Dumfries and
Galloway, so called from Gaelic meurach ‘branch or fork of a
road or river’.Irish: when not Welsh or English in origin,
probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh (see
Merry).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Merrick Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Merrick families
 90 - 178  31 - 89 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Merrick families
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177 - 352 60 - 176 |
1 - 59 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Merrick families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Merrick Family Origin
Merrick Immigration Information
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Merrick Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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