How common is the surname Mercurio?

4,528 people in the United States had the surname Mercurio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,186 Americans. It ranked 7,357th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mercurio?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mercurio identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Mercurio?

Paul Mercurio, Australian politician, actor and dancer, followed by Micole Mercurio.

Where is the surname Mercurio most common?

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

Is the surname Mercurio getting more or less common?

More common. 4,514 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,528 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Mercurio

An Italian surname, carried by 4,528 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mercurio is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Mercurio.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,528 people named Mercurio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,186 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,514.

#7,357

rank among US surnames

4,528

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,864)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,351	Dehaven	4,532	68,126
#7,353	Zorn	4,531	68,141
#7,356	Wacker	4,530	68,156
#7,357	Mercurio	4,528	68,186
#7,359	Leverett	4,527	68,201

Who is named Mercurio

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

91% of people named Mercurio identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mercurios

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Mercurio
Australian politician, actor and dancer, born 1963
Micole Mercurio
American actress (1938-2016)
Gus Mercurio
American-Australian actor and boxer (1928-2010)

Notable Mercurios come mostly from Australia (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mercurio

Mercurio has the Soundex code M626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M626.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mercurio come from?: Borrowed from Italian Mercurio.
How common is the surname Mercurio?: 4,528 people in the United States had the surname Mercurio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,186 Americans. It ranked 7,357th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mercurio?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mercurio identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Mercurio?: Paul Mercurio, Australian politician, actor and dancer, followed by Micole Mercurio.
Where is the surname Mercurio most common?: Wikidata records people named Mercurio in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Mercurio getting more or less common?: More common. 4,514 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,528 in 2010, up 0.3%.