Family name Merton (Merton 
, מרטון 
, 默顿) , around the world, is quite a rare last name. The surname Merton is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Also, Merton is the forename as well as the last name.
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walter de merton Bishop of Rochester; Lord Chancellor of England; Founder of Merton College at Oxford University (b. 1205) |
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james f. merton United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient, GB (b. 1843) |
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wilhelm merton German businessman, DE (b. 1848) |
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| ralph merton British merchant, DE (b. 1817) |
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| charles merton Bootmaker, teacher, musician, farmer, NZ (b. 1821) |
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| louis merton english businessman (1841-1874), GB (b. 1841) |
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| zachary merton Anglo-German industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1843) |
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| ernst merton American lawyer and politician, US (b. 1848) |
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| henry r. merton (b. 1838) |
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john merton actor (1901-1959), US (b. 1901) |
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erling merton NO (b. 1898) |
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robert king merton American sociologist (1910–2003), US (b. 1910) |
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thomas feverel merton priest and author, US (b. 1915) |
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| alfred merton German entrepreneur, DE (b. 1878) |
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| hugo merton German zoologist (1879-1940), DE (b. 1879) |
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