The Mercier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,149 people carried this name — #4,361 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,753 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mercier surname
From French Mercier, from French mercier.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mercier» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 27,073 people named Mercier.
328 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 104 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,960 people named Mercier live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
863 people named Mercier live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 170 people named Mercier live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Mercier 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
Mercier in American newspapers,
1893–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,108,161 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mercier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charlotte Mercier 1738–1762 · painter -
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 1740–1814 · writer -
André Mercier du Rocher 1753–1816 · lawyer -
Jacques Mercier 1776–1858 · politician -
Jean-Michel Mercier 1786–1874 · curator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 187 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mercier.
- Meras 439 · U.S. census
- Mercadal 227 · U.S. census
- Mercader 201 · U.S. census
- Mercer 34,431 · U.S. census
- Merceron 138 · U.S. census
- Mercieca 146 · U.S. census
- Merck 1,645 · U.S. census
- Merckle 213 · U.S. census
- Merckling 173 · U.S. census
- Mercuri 1,041 · U.S. census
- Mercurio 4,528 · U.S. census
- Mercury 250 · U.S. census
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