Surname Checker / Mercer
How Common Is the Last Name Mercer?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Mercer today
38,123
Ranked #1,016 of 162,254 published surnames · 11.67 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 34,431 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
82.18%
Black
12.92%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.51%
Hispanic
2.21%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.