How common is the surname Marceau?

1,695 people in the United States had the surname Marceau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Marceau?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Marceau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Marceau?

Jewell Marceau, American pornographic actress.

Where is the surname Marceau most common?

Wikidata records people named Marceau in the United States.

Is the surname Marceau getting more or less common?

More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Marceau

A French surname, carried by 1,695 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marceau is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Marceau.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,695 people named Marceau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,615.

#16,839

rank among US surnames

1,695

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #16,411)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,833	Kaser	1,696	182,043
#16,839	Sowinski	1,695	182,151
#16,848	Stoehr	1,694	182,258

Who is named Marceau

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Marceau identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marceaus

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jewell Marceau
American pornographic actress, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marceau

Marceau has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marceau come from?: Borrowed from French Marceau.
How common is the surname Marceau?: 1,695 people in the United States had the surname Marceau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marceau?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Marceau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Marceau?: Jewell Marceau, American pornographic actress.
Where is the surname Marceau most common?: Wikidata records people named Marceau in the United States.
Is the surname Marceau getting more or less common?: More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, up 5.0%.