# Mercy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mercy/  
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 French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 575 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,484 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 536,949 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.3% (526 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mercy 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mercy in Habsburg monarchy and Belgium.

## People named Mercy

- Count Claude Florimond de Mercy, Austrian Imperial field marshal (1666-1734)
- Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian noble (1837-1890)

## Similar surnames

Merz, Marcy, Merrick, Merck, Merk, Morris, Myers, Marsh, Meyers, Marks, Morse, Mares.

## 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.