The Mercer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 34,431 people carried this name — #1,016 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,570 people counted. That is up 2% from 33,797 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mercer surname
English and Catalan surname, variant of Mercier.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mercer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 22 births for the Mercer name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,000 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Mercer.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Finistère.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Mercer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Mercer in American newspapers,
1884–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 588,829 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mercer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Douglas Mercer-Henderson d. 1854 · military officer -
Mateu Mercer d. 1360
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Edith Caroline Crossley d. 1926
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Julia Mercer d. 1884
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Rosalind Agnes Nightingale d. 1896
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Beryl Mercer d. 1939
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mercer.
- Meoni 120 · U.S. census
- Mer 210 · U.S. census
- Mera 2,206 · U.S. census
- Meras 439 · U.S. census
- Mercadal 227 · U.S. census
- Mercader 201 · U.S. census
- Merceron 138 · U.S. census
- Mercieca 146 · U.S. census
- Mercier 8,149 · U.S. census
- Merck 1,645 · U.S. census
- Merckle 213 · U.S. census
- Merckling 173 · U.S. census
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