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Merritt

in Illinois

There are 1,046 people with the last name "Merritt" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
Merritt 982
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  1. is 978th most common Lehman
  2. is 979th most common Wiggins
  3. is 980th most common Cho
  4. is 981st most common Lozano
  5. is 982nd most common Merritt
  6. is 983rd most common Bahena
  7. is 984th most common Kinney
  8. is 985th most common Cherry
  9. is 986th most common Jamison

Most Common First Names for Merritt

James, Robert, David, John, William, Charles, Donald, Kenneth, Michael, Stephen

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. habitational name from Merriott in Somerset, named in Old English as ‘boundary gate’ or ‘mare gate’, from (ge)mǣre ‘boundary’ or miere ‘mare’ + geat ‘gate’.
  • 2. variant (as a result of hypercorrection) of Marriott, or of Marryat, which is from a Middle English personal name, Meryet, Old English Mǣrgēat, composed of the element mǣr ‘boundary’ + the tribal name Gēat (see Joslin).

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