Marcellus Forename
70,221st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 8,147 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia
Marcellus Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin diminutive of Marcus; a cognomen of the Claudian gens. There were two saints of this name, one a 1st-C Roman martyr the other a 4th-C pope. Marcello has been used a good deal in Italy. The common French Marcel is one of the classical names adopted in the Revolutionary era.
Read More About This ForenameMarcellus Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 3,697 | 1:98,062 | 4,388 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 862 | 1:205,991 | 8,850 |
| Brazil | 100% | 802 | 1:267,127 | 10,790 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 523 | 1:58,222 | 4,638 |
| Haiti | 100% | 283 | 1:37,904 | 2,690 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 254 | 1:85,081 | 4,700 |
| South Africa | 100% | 218 | 1:250,150 | 15,028 |
| Indonesia | - | 182 | 1:1,417,383 | 79,930 |
| Belgium | 100% | 160 | 1:71,813 | 2,939 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 149 | 1:1,193 | 193 |
| Germany | 100% | 144 | 1:671,374 | 6,243 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Philippines | 95% | 86 | 1:1,232,668 | 31,571 |
| France | 100% | 86 | 1:772,911 | 6,815 |
| England | 100% | 61 | 1:911,523 | 15,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 84% | 50 | 1:163,046 | 14,187 |
| Canada | 100% | 47 | 1:704,965 | 16,240 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 44 | 1:30,941 | 3,244 |
| India | 100% | 41 | 1:29,631,170 | 611,330 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 38 | 1:444,792 | 11,530 |
| Guyana | 100% | 34 | 1:22,449 | 2,662 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 26 | 1:70,890 | 1,336 |
| Uganda | 88% | 20 | 1:2,047,846 | 26,620 |
| Zambia | - | 20 | 1:792,740 | 14,411 |
| Kenya | - | 15 | 1:3,087,141 | 21,962 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 14 | 1:586,678 | 8,730 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Liberia | 100% | 12 | 1:367,672 | 10,977 |
| Thailand | 100% | 11 | 1:6,369,619 | 106,118 |
| Australia | - | 10 | 1:1,365,762 | 14,367 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 86% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Italy | 99% | 9 | 1:6,784,677 | 26,090 |
| Austria | 100% | 9 | 1:946,022 | 6,960 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Singapore | 100% | 7 | 1:898,151 | 14,197 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
Marcellus (19,874) may also be a surname.
Marcellus Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin diminutive of Marcus; a cognomen of the Claudian gens. There were two saints of this name, one a 1st-C Roman martyr the other a 4th-C pope. Marcello has been used a good deal in Italy. The common French Marcel is one of the classical names adopted in the Revolutionary era. In England Marcellus has been used, very rarely, since the 16th C when a good many classical names first came into use as christian names.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The Latin diminutive of Marcus. Now rare.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (masculine) - Martial.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Marcellus Forename Popularity
Marcellus Demographics
Marcellus Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sample size: 2 (2018)
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Forename
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Marcellus