How common is the surname Marcel?

1,829 people in the United States had the surname Marcel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. It ranked 15,898th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Marcel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,829 in 2010, down 0.3%.

Is Marcel also a first name?

Yes. Marcel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Marcel

A surname, carried by 1,829 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M624 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marcel is more common than 90.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,829 people named Marcel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,835.

#15,898

rank among US surnames

1,829

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,823)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,889	Liebman	1,830	168,713
#15,898	Risser	1,829	168,806
#15,903	Hohl	1,828	168,898
#15,907	Mullican	1,827	168,990

Who is named Marcel

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

63% of people named Marcel identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marcel

Marcel has the Soundex code M624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M624.

Questions

How common is the surname Marcel?: 1,829 people in the United States had the surname Marcel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. It ranked 15,898th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marcel?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Marcel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Marcel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,835 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,829 in 2010, down 0.3%.
Is Marcel also a first name?: Yes. Marcel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.