The Mercy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 575 people carried this name — #38,484 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 526 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 365 people named Mercy.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 130 people named Mercy 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 East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Mercy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Count Claude Florimond de Mercy 1666–1734 · military officer -
Count Claude Florimond de Mercy 1666–1734 · military officer
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Marie-Charles-Isidore de Mercy 1736–1811 · politician -
Heinrich Mercy 1826–1912 · publisher -
Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau 1837–1890 · pianist -
Wilhelm Mercy 1866–1914 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mercy.
- 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
- Mere 388 · U.S. census
- Merel 192 · U.S. census
- Merenda 830 · U.S. census
- Mergel 241 · U.S. census
- Mergen 850 · U.S. census
- Meri 201 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mercy is.
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