Marcia Forename
817th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,065,967 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Barbados
Marcia Forename Definition:
A female name. f. of Marcius, the name of a Roman gens, probably derived from the name of the grand-daughterMars. It is sometimes used as a christian name, being regarded as a f. form of Marcus (q.v.).
Marcia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 97% | 568,235 | 1:377 | 32 |
| United States | 100% | 212,927 | 1:1,703 | 345 |
| Mozambique | - | 47,519 | 1:573 | 113 |
| Angola | 100% | 39,814 | 1:677 | 138 |
| Ecuador | - | 35,863 | 1:494 | 96 |
| Chile | 100% | 22,267 | 1:791 | 170 |
| Jamaica | - | 11,710 | 1:246 | 17 |
| England | 100% | 9,730 | 1:5,715 | 575 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 8,747 | 1:1,193 | 186 |
| Mexico | 100% | 8,222 | 1:15,099 | 1,068 |
| Canada | 100% | 8,040 | 1:4,121 | 680 |
| South Africa | 100% | 7,994 | 1:6,822 | 1,265 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7,155 | 1:841 | 164 |
| Cuba | - | 7,097 | 1:1,621 | 306 |
| Portugal | - | 6,457 | 1:1,612 | 205 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5,917 | 1:7,229 | 567 |
| Peru | 100% | 5,699 | 1:5,578 | 815 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 4,446 | 1:2,384 | 494 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,386 | 1:2,010 | 350 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,408 | 1:4,960 | 765 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3,369 | 1:14,182 | 1,111 |
| Australia | - | 2,846 | 1:4,799 | 643 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 2,813 | 1:2,573 | 510 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,744 | 1:11,007 | 1,139 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,529 | 1:41,918 | 3,270 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,882 | 1:2,533 | 424 |
| Barbados | - | 1,536 | 1:189 | 17 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,485 | 1:917 | 152 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 1,442 | 1:11,171 | 927 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,419 | 1:2,753 | 544 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,212 | 1:630 | 59 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,167 | 1:2,937 | 364 |
| Spain | 100% | 898 | 1:51,815 | 2,043 |
| Congo | 63% | 868 | 1:5,771 | 824 |
| Ghana | 100% | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| New Zealand | - | 774 | 1:5,861 | 768 |
| El Salvador | - | 752 | 1:8,433 | 676 |
| Suriname | 100% | 724 | 1:764 | 125 |
| France | 100% | 695 | 1:95,641 | 2,141 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 644 | 1:114,639 | 5,909 |
| Germany | 100% | 586 | 1:164,979 | 2,808 |
| Wales | 100% | 525 | 1:5,894 | 638 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 518 | 1:497,999 | 37,544 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 376 | 1:41,021 | 3,774 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 366 | 1:22,441 | 1,502 |
| Belgium | 100% | 355 | 1:32,366 | 1,974 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 337 | 1:24,191 | 2,399 |
| Bahamas | - | 318 | 1:1,256 | 301 |
| Swaziland | - | 308 | 1:4,221 | 796 |
| Scotland | 100% | 258 | 1:20,738 | 992 |
| Gabon | 100% | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Thailand | 93% | 229 | 1:305,964 | 17,174 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 215 | 1:827 | 120 |
| Belize | 100% | 193 | 1:1,836 | 411 |
| Poland | 97% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Israel | 99% | 183 | 1:45,918 | 2,957 |
| Liberia | 99% | 174 | 1:25,357 | 1,638 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 161 | 1:381 | 40 |
| Italy | 100% | 159 | 1:384,038 | 4,468 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 154 | 1:197,727 | 11,476 |
| Japan | - | 148 | 1:864,771 | 14,166 |
| Malawi | 60% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Aruba | - | 146 | 1:711 | 116 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 144 | 1:775 | 92 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 141 | 1:1,362 | 271 |
| Sweden | 100% | 136 | 1:72,485 | 3,432 |
| Ireland | 95% | 131 | 1:35,447 | 1,350 |
| India | 100% | 125 | 1:9,719,024 | 295,099 |
| Grenada | 100% | 114 | 1:948 | 181 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 113 | 1:971 | 197 |
| China | - | 109 | 1:12,532,622 | 59,829 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 106 | 1:498,003 | 14,262 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 96 | 1:1,035 | 195 |
| Botswana | 100% | 84 | 1:26,005 | 2,957 |
| Haiti | 100% | 79 | 1:135,784 | 6,914 |
| Micronesia | - | 77 | 1:1,383 | 226 |
| Bermuda | - | 66 | 1:982 | 213 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 65 | 1:844 | 164 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Nigeria | 86% | 54 | 1:3,288,229 | 56,114 |
| East Timor | - | 49 | 1:24,865 | 87 |
| Guam | - | 49 | 1:3,278 | 650 |
| Austria | 100% | 48 | 1:177,379 | 2,825 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 41 | 1:129,514 | 1,103 |
| Norway | 100% | 39 | 1:131,598 | 3,847 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 34 | 1:16,590 | 1,110 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Singapore | 100% | 33 | 1:190,517 | 8,408 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| Denmark | - | 28 | 1:201,768 | 4,445 |
| Jersey | 100% | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:1,302 | 310 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 22 | 1:602 | 73 |
| Romania | - | 20 | 1:1,002,599 | 21,511 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:1,827 | 468 |
| Hong Kong | - | 18 | 1:430,707 | 4,155 |
| Qatar | 67% | 18 | 1:131,645 | 15,202 |
| Afghanistan | 89% | 16 | 1:2,038,970 | 18,017 |
| Kenya | - | 16 | 1:2,894,194 | 21,637 |
| South Korea | - | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 15 | 1:1,440,700 | 34,118 |
| Cape Verde | - | 15 | 1:35,277 | 1,962 |
| Hungary | 100% | 14 | 1:699,412 | 2,334 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Zambia | - | 12 | 1:1,321,233 | 17,217 |
| Namibia | - | 11 | 1:218,562 | 5,123 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 11 | 1:17,668,880 | 95,124 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10 | 1:355,030 | 3,308 |
| Cyprus | - | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Russia | 100% | 9 | 1:16,025,967 | 51,277 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Finland | 64% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Greece | 100% | 7 | 1:1,562,078 | 10,407 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Georgia | - | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Uganda | 100% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Slovenia | - | 4 | 1:614,690 | 6,214 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Márcia (50,337) & Mãrcia (3) are calculated separately.
Marcia (9,076) may also be a surname.
Marcia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. f. of Marcius, the name of a Roman gens, probably derived from the name of the grand-daughterMars. It is sometimes used as a christian name, being regarded as a f. form of Marcus (q.v.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The f. of Marcius.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (feminine) - Martial.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Brave: hammer.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 47,001 (2014)
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