How common is the surname Marchand?

6,610 people in the United States had the surname Marchand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,709 Americans. It ranked 5,275th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Marchand?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Marchand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Marchand?

Nancy Marchand, American actress (1928–2000), followed by Gianni Marchand.

Where is the surname Marchand most common?

Wikidata records people named Marchand in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Marchand getting more or less common?

More common. 6,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,610 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Marchand

A French surname, carried by 6,610 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marchand is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Marchand.

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 6,610 people named Marchand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,709 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,251.

#5,275

rank among US surnames

6,610

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,150)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,266	Maggard	6,625	46,603
#5,267	Felts	6,621	46,631
#5,268	Rife	6,620	46,638
#5,269	Cowell	6,618	46,652
#5,270	Novotny	6,617	46,659
#5,271	Viola	6,616	46,666
#5,273	Vollmer	6,614	46,681

Who is named Marchand

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

85% of people named Marchand identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marchands

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nancy Marchand
American actress (1928–2000)
Gianni Marchand
Belgian cyclist, born 1990
Foxy Brown
American rapper from New York, born 1978

Notable Marchands come mostly from the United States (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marchand

Marchand has the Soundex code M625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M625.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marchand come from?: Borrowed from French Marchand.
How common is the surname Marchand?: 6,610 people in the United States had the surname Marchand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,709 Americans. It ranked 5,275th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marchand?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Marchand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Marchand?: Nancy Marchand, American actress (1928–2000), followed by Gianni Marchand.
Where is the surname Marchand most common?: Wikidata records people named Marchand in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Marchand getting more or less common?: More common. 6,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,610 in 2010, up 5.7%.