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    The surname Mercy

    A French surname, carried by 575 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M620 Also a first name

    Mercy: #38,484 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mercy #38,484, 575 people Mercy: #38,484 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Mercy #38,484, 575 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mercy is more common than 76.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

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

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 575 people named Mercy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 536,949 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 526.

    #38,484
    rank among US surnames
    575
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #39,378)

    Who is named Mercy

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

    55% of people named Mercy identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mercys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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)

    Notable Mercys come mostly from Habsburg monarchy (1) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mercy

    Mercy has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mercy come from?
    From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes.
    How common is the surname Mercy?
    575 people in the United States had the surname Mercy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 536,949 Americans. It ranked 38,484th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mercy?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Mercy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mercy?
    Count Claude Florimond de Mercy, Austrian Imperial field marshal (1666-1734), followed by Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau.
    Where is the surname Mercy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mercy in Habsburg monarchy and Belgium.
    Is the surname Mercy getting more or less common?
    More common. 526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 575 in 2010, up 9.3%.
    Is Mercy also a first name?
    Yes. Mercy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.