Mercy meaning | Last name Mercy origin

Following is the meaning of Mercy surname. Family name Mercy is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Mercy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Name encountered in Lorraine (54). This is a fairly common place name that designates a Gallo-Roman domain name (suffix -acum from the Latin name Marcus or Martius). Two cities with this name in Burgundy and the Allier, but the locality also exists in the 54.

Mercy is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria languages. Mercy has 5 characters long in length.

Mercy is common in Nigeria country(ies).

Mercy is ranked 11464 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mercies grew by 9.315589 per cent to 575 since 2000 and ranked 38484 after elevating 894 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.48 69.01
Black 39.83 25.86
Hispanic or Latino 2.61 2.66
Others 1.04 1.52

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Mercy

How popular is Mercy?

Mercy is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Uganda is ahead in terms of density. Around 46709 people have been found who wears Mercy as their family name. Mercy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,406 Moldova10
5,892 Senegal9
9,568 Thailand8
11,802 Egypt4
122,390 Belarus4
10,542 China4
3,008 Ethiopia3
7,294 Kuwait3
3,340 Jamaica3
1,141 Mongolia3
5,909 Bangladesh3
5,217 Zambia2
4,164 Vietnam2
21,529 Singapore2
10,183 Jordan2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
2,744 Rwanda2
28,083 Romania2
19,046 Ireland2
44,018 Poland2
24,460 Armenia1
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Immigrants to US

Margaret Mercy was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 12, 1851. She lived in Ireland where she worked as workwoman and took Empire State from Liverpool.

Comments :Mercy Mercy is an original locality name (combine, meurthe-et-Moselle, yonne).

Celebrities having Mercy surname

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  • Troy Mercy, from 2010 action and fantasy film 11:58, who played Stalker.

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