How common is the surname Marchant?

5,834 people in the United States had the surname Marchant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,922 Americans. It ranked 5,909th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Marchant?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Marchant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Marchant?

Katy Marchant, British cyclist, followed by Todd Marchant.

Where is the surname Marchant most common?

Wikidata records people named Marchant in the United Kingdom, the United States and Belgium and 1 other country.

Is the surname Marchant getting more or less common?

More common. 5,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,834 in 2010, up 9.8%.

The surname Marchant

A surname, carried by 5,834 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). Marchant is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,834 people named Marchant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,922 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,311.

#5,909

rank among US surnames

5,834

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+9.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,968)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,900	Kibler	5,849	52,786
#5,901	Grimsley	5,848	52,795
#5,903	Gudino	5,847	52,804
#5,905	Seale	5,846	52,813
#5,906	Stackhouse	5,844	52,831
#5,907	Frizzell	5,840	52,867
#5,908	Mincey	5,839	52,876

Who is named Marchant

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

90% of people named Marchant identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marchants

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Katy Marchant
British cyclist, born 1993
Todd Marchant
American ice hockey player, born 1973
Armand Marchant
Belgian alpine skier, born 1997
Julio Marchant
Argentine footballer, born 1980

Notable Marchants come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), the United States (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marchant

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

Questions

How common is the surname Marchant?: 5,834 people in the United States had the surname Marchant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,922 Americans. It ranked 5,909th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marchant?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Marchant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Marchant?: Katy Marchant, British cyclist, followed by Todd Marchant.
Where is the surname Marchant most common?: Wikidata records people named Marchant in the United Kingdom, the United States and Belgium and 1 other country.
Is the surname Marchant getting more or less common?: More common. 5,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,834 in 2010, up 9.8%.