Marc Forename
627th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,277,567 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Luxembourg
Marc Forename Definition:
A Hebrew name, meaning: Bitter.
Marc Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 353,034 | 1:188 | 47 |
| United States | 100% | 224,197 | 1:1,617 | 335 |
| Belgium | 100% | 112,678 | 1:102 | 2 |
| Canada | 100% | 77,766 | 1:426 | 72 |
| Spain | 100% | 73,290 | 1:635 | 122 |
| Germany | 100% | 66,450 | 1:1,455 | 286 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 60,006 | 1:1,230 | 229 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 52,225 | 1:324 | 46 |
| Haiti | 100% | 49,021 | 1:219 | 13 |
| England | 100% | 39,076 | 1:1,423 | 275 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 34,160 | 1:692 | 143 |
| Philippines | 99% | 30,421 | 1:3,485 | 624 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 23,021 | 1:357 | 74 |
| Burundi | 100% | 18,103 | 1:547 | 155 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 15,677 | 1:1,378 | 283 |
| Rwanda | - | 14,261 | 1:797 | 182 |
| Central African Republic | - | 11,673 | 1:387 | 155 |
| Benin | 100% | 11,215 | 1:943 | 209 |
| Australia | - | 8,918 | 1:1,531 | 303 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8,490 | 1:6,423 | 1,207 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 7,036 | 1:80 | 5 |
| Togo | - | 6,758 | 1:1,071 | 147 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 5,334 | 1:4,326 | 488 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,086 | 1:19,182 | 2,542 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,999 | 1:14,016 | 2,120 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4,876 | 1:3,769 | 510 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,363 | 1:8,665 | 1,174 |
| Morocco | - | 4,231 | 1:8,118 | 709 |
| Congo | 99% | 4,129 | 1:1,213 | 192 |
| Mali | 100% | 3,976 | 1:4,270 | 433 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,387 | 1:1,580 | 262 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,967 | 1:635 | 119 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,917 | 1:1,061 | 244 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,592 | 1:14,671 | 581 |
| Ghana | - | 2,585 | 1:10,440 | 1,002 |
| Denmark | - | 2,546 | 1:2,219 | 361 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,191 | 1:41,945 | 2,550 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,066 | 1:2,196 | 413 |
| Angola | - | 2,024 | 1:13,323 | 1,369 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,008 | 1:5,195 | 760 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,942 | 1:110,317 | 5,946 |
| Guinea | 100% | 1,781 | 1:6,658 | 578 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,730 | 1:7,860 | 1,235 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,609 | 1:5,292 | 463 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1,431 | 1:907 | 123 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1,219 | 1:222 | 32 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1,194 | 1:233 | 25 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,113 | 1:4,172 | 453 |
| Portugal | - | 1,024 | 1:10,167 | 629 |
| Sweden | 100% | 916 | 1:10,762 | 926 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Senegal | 99% | 719 | 1:20,280 | 1,199 |
| Vanuatu | - | 689 | 1:380 | 74 |
| India | 72% | 673 | 1:1,805,168 | 97,520 |
| Italy | 99% | 632 | 1:96,617 | 1,864 |
| Japan | - | 600 | 1:213,310 | 7,086 |
| Singapore | 100% | 570 | 1:11,030 | 2,344 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 560 | 1:2,431 | 467 |
| Romania | 100% | 542 | 1:36,996 | 2,294 |
| China | - | 536 | 1:2,548,612 | 46,155 |
| Suriname | 100% | 444 | 1:1,245 | 260 |
| Andorra | - | 431 | 1:192 | 36 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 428 | 1:71,145 | 5,423 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 426 | 1:218 | 18 |
| Northern Ireland | 99% | 375 | 1:4,915 | 562 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Malta | - | 364 | 1:1,180 | 245 |
| Mexico | 100% | 315 | 1:394,109 | 4,990 |
| Oman | - | 272 | 1:15,105 | 1,488 |
| Bahrain | - | 252 | 1:5,352 | 871 |
| Jamaica | - | 245 | 1:11,768 | 1,256 |
| Hong Kong | - | 229 | 1:33,855 | 2,397 |
| Norway | 100% | 211 | 1:24,324 | 1,357 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 201 | 1:35,582 | 3,353 |
| Nigeria | 86% | 198 | 1:896,790 | 23,274 |
| Russia | 100% | 179 | 1:805,775 | 7,490 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Greece | 100% | 167 | 1:65,476 | 2,088 |
| Monaco | 100% | 167 | 1:230 | 14 |
| Indonesia | - | 165 | 1:1,563,416 | 85,837 |
| Moldova | 100% | 161 | 1:22,119 | 650 |
| Kenya | - | 144 | 1:321,577 | 10,865 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Czechia | 90% | 115 | 1:92,662 | 1,124 |
| Chile | 100% | 114 | 1:154,449 | 3,209 |
| Ecuador | - | 113 | 1:156,875 | 3,055 |
| Guernsey | - | 109 | 1:581 | 140 |
| Estonia | 100% | 103 | 1:12,771 | 1,313 |
| Jersey | - | 103 | 1:971 | 211 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 101 | 1:235,343 | 19,400 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 99 | 1:1,574 | 402 |
| Qatar | 100% | 97 | 1:24,429 | 3,465 |
| Guyana | 100% | 87 | 1:8,773 | 1,376 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 86 | 1:187,307 | 2,943 |
| South Korea | - | 80 | 1:69,305 | 4,079 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 80 | 1:192,798 | 11,695 |
| Finland | 100% | 79 | 1:69,407 | 1,988 |
| Guam | - | 70 | 1:2,295 | 494 |
| Iraq | - | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 67 | 1:450,775 | 12,527 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Bahamas | - | 65 | 1:6,144 | 853 |
| Vietnam | - | 65 | 1:1,424,971 | 2,942 |
| Uganda | 100% | 64 | 1:639,952 | 13,325 |
| Aruba | - | 63 | 1:1,647 | 343 |
| Namibia | - | 52 | 1:46,234 | 2,966 |
| Panama | 100% | 51 | 1:76,599 | 4,230 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 49 | 1:195 | 62 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 48 | 1:110,626 | 1,025 |
| Bermuda | - | 47 | 1:1,379 | 322 |
| Botswana | - | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Zambia | - | 46 | 1:344,669 | 9,390 |
| Hungary | 100% | 43 | 1:227,716 | 1,150 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 41 | 1:2,677 | 514 |
| Barbados | - | 40 | 1:7,245 | 909 |
| Croatia | 100% | 40 | 1:105,427 | 2,528 |
| Tunisia | - | 39 | 1:17,356 | 1,376 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 36 | 1:1,052 | 221 |
| Peru | 100% | 35 | 1:908,327 | 12,675 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 32 | 1:76,836 | 2,541 |
| Argentina | 60% | 30 | 1:1,425,775 | 6,302 |
| Liberia | 100% | 29 | 1:152,140 | 5,855 |
| Afghanistan | - | 27 | 1:1,208,278 | 13,684 |
| Cambodia | - | 26 | 1:625,897 | 12,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 25 | 1:2,111,533 | 22,092 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 24 | 1:7,409 | 1,127 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Lebanon | - | 22 | 1:255,799 | 4,758 |
| Niger | 100% | 22 | 1:872,000 | 14,391 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 22 | 1:287 | 71 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 19 | 1:250,945 | 5,192 |
| Bolivia | - | 17 | 1:623,612 | 2,981 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Ukraine | - | 17 | 1:2,676,465 | 6,045 |
| Colombia | 69% | 16 | 1:2,986,183 | 20,922 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 16 | 1:509,520 | 38,497 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 15 | 1:58,072 | 2,208 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 14 | 1:253,593 | 2,813 |
| Laos | - | 13 | 1:506,681 | 486 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Uruguay | - | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| Turkey | 100% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Tajikistan | - | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 9 | 1:1,503 | 36 |
| Algeria | 100% | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Belize | 100% | 8 | 1:44,289 | 3,463 |
| Cuba | - | 8 | 1:1,438,319 | 4,450 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 7 | 1:2,535,264 | 17,782 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Mauritania | - | 6 | 1:682,540 | 11,802 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Lithuania | - | 5 | 1:590,376 | 2,548 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Israel | 100% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| South Sudan | 50% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bhutan | - | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Márc (1) & Març (1) are calculated separately.
Marc (53,324) may also be a surname.
Marc Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Hebrew name, meaning: Bitter.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Marc Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 5 (2016)
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