How common is the surname Marcoux?

2,507 people in the United States had the surname Marcoux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. It ranked 12,399th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Marcoux?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Marcoux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Marcoux getting more or less common?

More common. 2,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,507 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Marcoux

A French surname, carried by 2,507 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marcoux is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

From the French surname of Germanic origin, from the personal name *Markwulf, from Frankish *marku (“mark, border”) + *wulf (“wolf”).

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 2,507 people named Marcoux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,488.

#12,399

rank among US surnames

2,507

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,580)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,393	Lovins	2,510	123,006
#12,395	Melia	2,509	123,055
#12,397	Banfield	2,508	123,104
#12,399	Lipman	2,507	123,153
#12,407	Keithley	2,506	123,203

Who is named Marcoux

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

96% of people named Marcoux identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marcoux

Marcoux has the Soundex code M622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M622.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marcoux come from?: From the French surname of Germanic origin, from the personal name *Markwulf, from Frankish *marku (“mark, border”) + *wulf (“wolf”).
How common is the surname Marcoux?: 2,507 people in the United States had the surname Marcoux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. It ranked 12,399th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marcoux?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Marcoux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Marcoux getting more or less common?: More common. 2,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,507 in 2010, up 0.8%.