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    The surname Marconi

    An Italian surname, carried by 2,712 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /mɑɹˈkoʊ.ni/ 3 syllables Soundex M625

    Marconi: #11,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Marconi #11,587, 2,712 people Marconi: #11,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marconi #11,587, 2,712 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marconi is more common than 92.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Marcóni.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,712 people named Marconi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,844 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,620.

    #11,587
    rank among US surnames
    2,712
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,118)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,578Gutowski2,715113,718
    #11,584Farquhar2,714113,760
    #11,585Crothers2,713113,802
    #11,587Marconi2,712113,844
    #11,588Didomenico2,711113,886
    #11,589Tomko2,710113,928
    #11,592Knipp2,709113,970

    Who is named Marconi

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

    90% of people named Marconi identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Marconi

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Marconi come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Marcóni.
    How common is the surname Marconi?
    2,712 people in the United States had the surname Marconi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,844 Americans. It ranked 11,587th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marconi?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Marconi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Marconi?
    Marconi is /mɑɹˈkoʊ.ni/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Marconi getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,712 in 2010, up 3.5%.