# Mercier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mercier/  
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 | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,149 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,361 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,888 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (7,753 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Mercier, from French mercier. Compare Mercy, Marshall.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mercier 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mercier in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Mercier

- Sheila Mercier, British actress (1919-2019)
- Paul Mercier, American actor

## Similar surnames

Mercer, Mercurio, Mercuri, Marquardt, Marker, Marquart, Markert, Markarian, Margaryan, Margera.

## 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.