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

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.

How popular is Mercy?

Mercy is common in Nigeria.

Mercy is ranked 11464 on 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
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
23,434 Burkina Faso1
19,533 Uruguay1
18,969 Wales1
6,820 Angola1
120,357 Argentina1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
31,584 Peru1
53,505 Turkey1
16,228 Bulgaria1
12,745 Luxembourg1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
3,993 El Salvador1
20,172 Hungary1
7,941 Guatemala1
4,249 Cambodia1
25,746 Finland1
56,169 Mexico1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,872 Namibia1
14,644 Tunisia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
77,122 Sweden1
5,589 Sudan1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
6,033 Benin1
11,510 Oman1
8,181 Botswana1
3,350 Fiji1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
16,483 Chile45
95,259 Italy45
11,040 Scotland39
14,946 New Zealand38
28,564 Switzerland36
43,584 Zimbabwe24
1,737 Iceland22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
173,579 Ukraine18
69,202 Netherlands18
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,079 Australia100
83,365 Brazil95
10,596 Colombia87
40,500 Tanzania85
126,983 Russia85
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
42,464 Canada75
112,361 Indonesia69
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Mercy:
15,208 Philippines967
6,001 Pakistan880
11,618 France796
4,052 Ghana719
12,715 South Africa493
16,099 England350
8,546 Belgium215
10,151 Malaysia177
59,024 Germany168
4,978 Ecuador161
Countries with thousands of Mercy:
834 Uganda7,655
938 Kenya6,042
1,651 Cameroon2,181
854 Niger1,562
25,983 India1,477
1,235 Haiti1,297
29,582 United States1,006
Countries with ten thousands of Mercy:
1,316 Nigeria19,410
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

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.

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

Mercy Namesakes

  • Amor Mercy, Musical Artist
  • Lord Have Mercy, Rapper
  • Dominique Mercy, Dancer
  • Miss Mercy, Musician
  • Dominique Mercy, Dancer
  • Rosalie Françoise Adélaïde Caroline Eugénie Marie Mercy, Author
  • Rosalie Françoise Adélaïde Caroline Eugénie Marie Mercy, Author
  • Dominique Mercy, Dancer
  • Miss Mercy, Musician
  • Lord Have Mercy, Rapper
  • Troy Mercy, from 2010 action and fantasy film 11:58, who played Stalker.

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