Explore the Family Name Mershon

The meaning of Mershon

Americanized form of French Marchand.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Mershon in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Mershon has increased slightly between 2000 and 2010. While its rank rose from 14,976 in 2000 to 14,827 in 2010, the count of people with this surname experienced a more noticeable increase, rising by 10.38% to reach 1,999 individuals in 2010. Similarly, the proportion of individuals with the surname Mershon per 100,000 people increased by 1.49% over the decade, moving from 0.67 to 0.68.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,976	#14,827	0.99%
Count	1,811	1,999	10.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.67	0.68	1.49%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mershon

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census presents some interesting shifts in the distribution of the Mershon surname among different ethnic groups between 2000 and 2010. The vast majority of individuals with this surname identify as White, although this share decreased slightly from 93.76% in 2000 to 91.1% in 2010. Meanwhile, the proportion of individuals identifying as Hispanic or Black saw modest increases, rising by 40.62% and 6.88% respectively. Notably, there were no recorded instances of the Mershon surname among Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native populations in 2000, but by 2010, these groups constituted 0.45% and 0.65% of the Mershon population respectively. Finally, the proportion of individuals with this surname identifying with two or more races saw a substantial increase, up by 74.5% to 2.6%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.76%	91.1%	-2.84%
Black	2.76%	2.95%	6.88%
Two or More Races	1.49%	2.6%	74.5%
Hispanic	1.6%	2.25%	40.62%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.65%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.45%	0%