How common is the last name Mercer?

32,906 people in the United States have the last name Mercer, about 1 in 9,083. It ranks #1,051 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MERCER

#1,051

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
32,906
About
1 in 9,083
This common or more
40.3%
Who bears it

Of the 32,906 people with the last name Mercer, 79.4% reported their origin as White, 12.4% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mercer

#1,049 Branch · 32,953#1,050 Mcknight · 32,935#1,052 Joyce · 32,875#1,053 Riggs · 32,857

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mercer, most common first.

#4,406 Mercier · 7,799#30,066 Merker · 834#136,082 Mercker · 128

Also a first name

As a first name, Mercer ranks #12,594 of 53,615, with 984 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 61 births. See Mercer as a first name

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