# Mercurio (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,528 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,357 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,186 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (4,514 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Mercurio.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mercurio 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mercurio in Australia and the United States.

## People named Mercurio

- Paul Mercurio, Australian politician, actor and dancer
- Micole Mercurio, American actress (1938-2016)
- Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor and boxer (1928-2010)

## Similar surnames

Mercuri, Mercer, Mercier, 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.