Merton Family History
Merton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from places called Merton in London,
Devon, Norfolk, and Oxfordshire, named in Old English with mere
‘lake’, ‘pool’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Compare
Marton, Martin 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Merton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Merton families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Merton families
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59 - 115 20 - 58 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Merton families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Merton Family Origin
Merton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Merton
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Merton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Merton census records
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Merton Civil War Service Records
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