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    The surname Mercado

    A Spanish surname, carried by 60,761 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M623

    Mercado: #555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Mercado #555, 60,761 people Mercado: #555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Mercado #555, 60,761 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mercado is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Mercado, from mercado (“market”).

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 60,761 people named Mercado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,081 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 46,437.

    #555
    rank among US surnames
    60,761
    people in 2010
    21
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.8%
    change since 2000 (was #674)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #546Brock61,3695,031
    #547Villarreal61,3555,032
    #548Charles61,2115,044
    #549Drake61,1625,048
    #550Barrera60,9985,062
    #551Cain60,9485,066
    #552Patrick60,8455,074

    Who is named Mercado

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Mercado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.8%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Mercados

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gabriel Mercado
      Argentine association football player, born 1987
    • Melinda Mercado
      American soccer player, born 1990

    Notable Mercados come mostly from Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mercado

    Mercado has the Soundex code M623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M623.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mercado come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Mercado, from mercado (“market”).
    How common is the surname Mercado?
    60,761 people in the United States had the surname Mercado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,081 Americans. It ranked 555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mercado?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Mercado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Mercado?
    Gabriel Mercado, Argentine association football player, followed by Melinda Mercado.
    Where is the surname Mercado most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mercado in Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Mercado getting more or less common?
    More common. 46,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 60,761 in 2010, up 31%.