The Mercurio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,528 people carried this name — #7,357 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,514).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 354 people named Mercurio 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
193 people named Mercurio live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 133 people named Mercurio.
Most of them — 81 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
30 people named Mercurio 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
Mercurio in American newspapers,
1902–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,724 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mercurio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Andrea Mercurio 1518–1561 · Catholic priest
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Girolamo Mercurio 1550–1615 · physician
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Gaetano Mercurio 1730–1790 · painter
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Bryan Mercurio 1900– · jurist
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Giovanni Mercurio 1916–1945 · psychiatrist
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Giuseppe Mercurio 1919–1994 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mercurio.
- 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
- Mercuri 1,041 · U.S. census
- Mercury 250 · U.S. census
- Mercy 575 · U.S. census
- Mere 388 · U.S. census
- Merel 192 · U.S. census
- Merenda 830 · U.S. census
- Mergel 241 · U.S. census
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