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 is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Mércury. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname is the 300,507^th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 5,760,906 people. The surname Mercury is primarily 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. It is also the 255,903^rd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 990 people.

Mercury is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 1,069,200. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 21 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 18 percent are found and California, where 12 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 73 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.

Mercury Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

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

Mercury Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Mercury last name are 27.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80.33% registered to vote for 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.