# Merced (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/merced/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,233 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,978 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 95,498 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (2,653 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /mɜːrˈsɛd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Merced in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 86% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Merced in Peru and the United States.

## People named Merced

- Isabela Merced, American actress and singer (born 2001)
- Wanda Díaz-Merced, American astrophysicist

## Similar surnames

Mercado, Mercedes, Mercadante, Marston, Marcotte, Marsden, Markowitz, Marchetti, Morrissette, Marquette, Morgado, Margiotta.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.