Marcel Forename
677th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,207,095 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Vatican City
Marcel Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: Of warlike qualities.
Marcel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 357,619 | 1:186 | 46 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 195,199 | 1:378 | 60 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 86,312 | 1:196 | 10 |
| Canada | 100% | 59,127 | 1:560 | 115 |
| Belgium | 100% | 53,568 | 1:214 | 26 |
| Germany | 100% | 48,588 | 1:1,990 | 332 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 39,533 | 1:208 | 37 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 38,503 | 1:561 | 99 |
| Central African Republic | - | 24,643 | 1:183 | 44 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 23,446 | 1:485 | 98 |
| Brazil | 100% | 23,068 | 1:9,287 | 1,081 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 21,463 | 1:1,101 | 251 |
| Romania | 100% | 21,378 | 1:938 | 151 |
| United States | 94% | 21,092 | 1:17,188 | 1,498 |
| Benin | 100% | 17,494 | 1:605 | 89 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 12,443 | 1:1,477 | 235 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 9,179 | 1:19,345 | 1,996 |
| Czechia | 100% | 9,051 | 1:1,177 | 175 |
| Poland | 100% | 8,765 | 1:4,339 | 291 |
| Guinea | 100% | 8,197 | 1:1,447 | 197 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 6,442 | 1:3,582 | 396 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,242 | 1:15,630 | 2,150 |
| Spain | 100% | 6,091 | 1:7,639 | 639 |
| Togo | - | 6,016 | 1:1,203 | 168 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5,580 | 1:952 | 140 |
| Congo | 100% | 5,530 | 1:906 | 134 |
| South Africa | 90% | 4,887 | 1:11,159 | 1,852 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4,552 | 1:124 | 15 |
| Israel | 61% | 4,296 | 1:1,956 | 414 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,282 | 1:2,505 | 389 |
| Philippines | 69% | 3,804 | 1:27,868 | 2,551 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3,670 | 1:14,384 | 1,648 |
| Yemen | - | 3,213 | 1:8,184 | 646 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,127 | 1:602 | 106 |
| Lebanon | 71% | 2,893 | 1:1,945 | 393 |
| England | 99% | 2,804 | 1:19,830 | 1,264 |
| Mali | 100% | 2,761 | 1:6,149 | 583 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2,568 | 1:5,678 | 522 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,557 | 1:3,330 | 366 |
| Moldova | 100% | 2,380 | 1:1,496 | 202 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,191 | 1:12,317 | 1,115 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 1,946 | 1:132,561 | 14,073 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,946 | 1:15,520 | 1,446 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,925 | 1:36,398 | 4,311 |
| Sudan | - | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,606 | 1:8,467 | 1,342 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,581 | 1:6,598 | 891 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1,578 | 1:1,558 | 327 |
| Chile | 94% | 1,402 | 1:12,559 | 854 |
| Angola | - | 1,350 | 1:19,975 | 1,690 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,301 | 1:70,639 | 3,612 |
| Australia | - | 1,287 | 1:10,612 | 985 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,217 | 1:454 | 39 |
| Mexico | 92% | 1,213 | 1:102,345 | 2,586 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,044 | 1:45,765 | 2,162 |
| Cuba | - | 944 | 1:12,189 | 844 |
| New Zealand | - | 862 | 1:5,262 | 725 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 811 | 1:4,226 | 441 |
| Morocco | - | 792 | 1:43,369 | 1,922 |
| Kenya | - | 766 | 1:60,453 | 3,860 |
| Ecuador | - | 755 | 1:23,479 | 1,265 |
| Bangladesh | - | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Mauritius | - | 685 | 1:1,895 | 347 |
| India | 98% | 641 | 1:1,895,285 | 100,689 |
| Iraq | 100% | 608 | 1:57,595 | 1,867 |
| French Polynesia | - | 594 | 1:468 | 87 |
| Zambia | - | 522 | 1:30,373 | 2,270 |
| Sweden | 97% | 510 | 1:19,329 | 1,370 |
| Peru | 98% | 504 | 1:63,078 | 2,823 |
| Portugal | - | 489 | 1:21,290 | 1,003 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 470 | 1:64,787 | 5,056 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Panama | 100% | 453 | 1:8,624 | 1,206 |
| Malawi | 100% | 444 | 1:38,541 | 2,809 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Denmark | - | 388 | 1:14,561 | 1,023 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 359 | 1:29,530 | 1,658 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 351 | 1:770 | 176 |
| Croatia | 100% | 341 | 1:12,367 | 861 |
| Jamaica | - | 308 | 1:9,361 | 1,102 |
| Malta | - | 301 | 1:1,426 | 300 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 297 | 1:312 | 38 |
| Argentina | 82% | 278 | 1:153,861 | 2,236 |
| Guatemala | 75% | 266 | 1:60,558 | 1,811 |
| Italy | 98% | 258 | 1:236,675 | 3,205 |
| Namibia | - | 256 | 1:9,391 | 1,166 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 243 | 1:641 | 204 |
| Syria | - | 238 | 1:81,118 | 1,789 |
| Jordan | 90% | 218 | 1:40,490 | 1,430 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Norway | 100% | 211 | 1:24,324 | 1,357 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 202 | 1:23,604 | 1,486 |
| Guyana | 100% | 199 | 1:3,835 | 731 |
| Ireland | 96% | 198 | 1:23,452 | 1,076 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Greece | 100% | 158 | 1:69,206 | 2,153 |
| Nicaragua | 97% | 154 | 1:39,080 | 2,134 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Aruba | - | 142 | 1:731 | 125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 135 | 1:60,388 | 5,822 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 124 | 1:10,979 | 1,601 |
| Hungary | 100% | 123 | 1:79,608 | 658 |
| Bahamas | - | 113 | 1:3,534 | 625 |
| Russia | 97% | 107 | 1:1,347,979 | 10,418 |
| Japan | - | 102 | 1:1,254,765 | 16,430 |
| Uganda | 96% | 101 | 1:405,514 | 10,315 |
| Scotland | 96% | 95 | 1:56,320 | 1,691 |
| Honduras | 100% | 88 | 1:100,198 | 3,242 |
| China | - | 87 | 1:15,701,791 | 60,064 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 83 | 1:456 | 106 |
| Palestine | 91% | 80 | 1:56,876 | 1,557 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Qatar | 95% | 74 | 1:32,022 | 4,280 |
| Singapore | 100% | 73 | 1:86,124 | 7,225 |
| Saint Lucia | 89% | 70 | 1:2,540 | 473 |
| Wales | 97% | 67 | 1:46,184 | 1,675 |
| Northern Ireland | 98% | 53 | 1:34,776 | 1,119 |
| Barbados | - | 52 | 1:5,573 | 805 |
| Belize | 100% | 52 | 1:6,814 | 1,210 |
| Burundi | 100% | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Albania | 100% | 46 | 1:66,230 | 5,410 |
| Liberia | 89% | 44 | 1:100,274 | 4,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 44 | 1:162,545 | 11,410 |
| Finland | 100% | 41 | 1:133,736 | 2,747 |
| Hong Kong | - | 41 | 1:189,091 | 3,221 |
| Andorra | - | 40 | 1:2,072 | 257 |
| Monaco | 100% | 40 | 1:962 | 199 |
| Paraguay | 91% | 36 | 1:201,022 | 3,267 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 35 | 1:679,134 | 32,372 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Jersey | 100% | 29 | 1:3,448 | 479 |
| Niger | 87% | 29 | 1:661,517 | 12,067 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 28 | 1:125,874 | 3,134 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 25 | 1:616,953 | 25,845 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 24 | 1:263 | 65 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 24 | 1:4,573 | 777 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 22 | 1:434 | 113 |
| El Salvador | - | 19 | 1:333,778 | 3,659 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 18 | 1:113,333 | 9,408 |
| Turkey | 100% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| Tunisia | - | 17 | 1:39,818 | 2,239 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Grenada | 90% | 16 | 1:6,758 | 1,006 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| Vietnam | - | 15 | 1:6,174,874 | 3,722 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12 | 1:295,858 | 3,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 12 | 1:4,572 | 824 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Kosovo | - | 11 | 1:169,222 | 7,259 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Serbia | 100% | 10 | 1:714,572 | 5,483 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 9 | 1:52,849 | 793 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Afghanistan | 73% | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 60% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| South Sudan | 50% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Pakistan | - | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Marcél (161), Marčel (38), Marçel (24), Marcèl (3), Marćel (3) & Márcel (2) are calculated separately.
Marcel (58,175) may also be a surname.
Marcel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: Of warlike qualities.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Marcel Forename Popularity
Marcel Demographics
Average Male Marcel Height
175.75 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 2,532 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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