The Percy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,226 people carried this name — #7,837 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,015 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Percy surname
An English surname from Old French.
Proper noun sense 2 (given name) is either from the above, or is a clipping of Perc(ival) + -y (suffix forming familiar names). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Sense 2 (“penis”) is probably from the fact that Percy and penis begin with the same letter.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Percy» (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 100 people named Percy.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Marne.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Percy 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 Walloon Brabant.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Percy 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
Percy in American newspapers,
1872–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 525,609 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Percy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Percy d. 1834 · artist
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Richard Percy d. 1648
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Josceline Percy d. 1631
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Margaret Percy d. 1540
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Helen Mary Percy d. 1904
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Sir Henry Percy d. 1432
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Percy.
- Peral 565 · U.S. census
- Peraldo 127 · U.S. census
- Perales 14,593 · U.S. census
- Peralta 36,585 · U.S. census
- Perasso 129 · U.S. census
- Perault 299 · U.S. census
- Perdigon 188 · U.S. census
- Perdon 142 · U.S. census
- Pere 616 · U.S. census
- Perea 11,546 · U.S. census
- Pereau 119 · U.S. census
- Perego 314 · U.S. census
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