Percy is used as a family name or surname in Philippines. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Percy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Philippines
Meaning: Originally from Percy, name borne by several municipalities (Calvados, Manche, Isère). Can also denote one who just Percey (two towns in the Haute-Marne, a Yonne and in the Haute-Saône). This is from a Gallo-Roman domain, formed with the suffix -acum on a person's name could be Persius.

How popular is Percy?

Percy is common in Philippines.

Percy is ranked 24698 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Percy bearers increased by 5.255292 per cent in 2010 US census to 4226 since 2000, the surname slipped by 206 spots and ranked at 7837. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.49 70.49
Black 21.77 21.07
Hispanic or Latino 5.42 4.23
Others 2.53 2.09
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.85 1.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.95 0.85
Percy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 20755 people have been found who wears Percy as their family name. Percy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
541,660 Russia8
16,722 Nigeria8
13,220 Thailand6
4,921 Uganda5
78,945 Argentina3
32,086 Mexico3
34,681 Norway2
11,224 Cameroon2
1,118 Isle of Man2
13,552 Qatar2
250 Tonga2
9,272 Ecuador2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
14,521 Portugal2
44,018 Poland2
10,284 Kuwait2
12,844 Pakistan2
26,532 Chile2
19,810 Croatia1
9,116 Nicaragua1
90,903 Moldova1
8,181 Botswana1
7,110 Bosnia1
37,493 Austria1
6,820 Angola1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,314 Bolivia1
3,586 Honduras1
3,307 Malta1
11,510 Oman1
2,309 Monaco1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
28,365 Kenya1
3,071 Jersey1
24,421 Slovakia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
29,046 Japan1
49,529 Israel1
9,498 Iceland1
19,533 Uruguay1
7,292 Vietnam1
20,172 Hungary1
8,268 Mauritius1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
45,674 Spain44
28,564 Switzerland36
15,050 Singapore18
78,557 Netherlands13
699 Bermuda13
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
2,030 Trinidad and Tobago83
72,056 Italy78
12,704 Sweden73
2,783 Jamaica71
1,936 Guyana55
Countries with hundreds of Percy:
3,149 Ghana959
2,969 Colombia804
972 New Zealand729
25,757 Brazil477
5,933 Peru399
27,922 France355
34,330 Germany303
2,652 Scotland256
1,965 Wales203
12,260 Belgium148
13,194 Malaysia126
3,314 Ireland120
151,143 India112
Countries with thousands of Percy:
7,937 United States4,727
2,637 England2,985
1,813 Australia1,747
4,075 South Africa1,607
1,062 Haiti1,482
3,425 Canada1,373
14,316 Philippines1,031
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old farmer William Percy who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on December 27, 1848 by Marquis Of Normandy put out from Dublin. William Percy, aged 20, George Percy (17) Mechanic, Sam Percy (23) Carpenter, 34 years old Alex. Percy, Workman James Percy, 17 years old Mary Percy, Jno. Percy, aged 19, Isabel. Percy, aged 15, and 10 other Percy around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as mechanic and spinster migrated to US.

Comments

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Elena Dapolito
percy is an original locality name (isere, handle) -at xie century, a knight of the name was the companion of the conqueror guillaume many of these descendants are still in France.

Percy Namesakes

    Eileen Percy, Irish film actress of the silent film era
  • Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland
  • Edwin Percy Whipple, Essayist
  • Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland
  • Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland
  • Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland
  • Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland
  • Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, Earl of Beverley
  • Lord Algernon Percy, British Politician
  • Algernon Percy, Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley's son
  • Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland

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