View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Mercury Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Mercury has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as: Mércury. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mercury? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 300,507^th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,760,906 people. The last name Mercury is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Mercury are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 37 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Mercury is also the 255,903^rd most frequently used first name globally, held by 990 people.

Mercury is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 1,069,200. In The United States Mercury is most prevalent in: New York, where 21 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 18 percent reside and California, where 12 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 73 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent reside and France, where 10 percent reside.

Mercury Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Mercury has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mercury surname expanded 3,082 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,030 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mercury Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Mercury surname are 27.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80.33% being registered with the political party.

The amount Mercury earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.52% less than the national average, earning R 105,696 per year; in United States they earn 2.03% less than the national average, earning $42,274 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.96% more than the national average, earning $52,644 CAD per year.