Marcus Forename
2,132nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 475,447 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Dominica
Marcus Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Marcus, a common Roman praenomen, and occasionally cognomen. It was probably derived from the name of the grand-daughterMars from some such form as Marticos. Though the name of one of the four evangelists, Mark (which is the English form, cf.
Read More About This ForenameMarcus Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 147,965 | 1:2,450 | 445 |
| Brazil | 100% | 100,816 | 1:2,125 | 324 |
| Germany | 100% | 64,684 | 1:1,495 | 290 |
| England | 100% | 27,008 | 1:2,059 | 344 |
| Sweden | 100% | 19,552 | 1:504 | 87 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 17,067 | 1:10,404 | 1,324 |
| Australia | - | 9,634 | 1:1,418 | 288 |
| South Africa | 100% | 7,787 | 1:7,003 | 1,292 |
| Liberia | 99% | 5,883 | 1:750 | 147 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,394 | 1:5,003 | 632 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,674 | 1:7,089 | 966 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,990 | 1:5,416 | 815 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,701 | 1:3,152 | 357 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,398 | 1:7,048 | 988 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 2,367 | 1:12,864 | 1,402 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,354 | 1:1,927 | 389 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,257 | 1:114,295 | 12,554 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,184 | 1:33,804 | 2,441 |
| Angola | - | 2,159 | 1:12,490 | 1,319 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,123 | 1:33,003 | 3,993 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,886 | 1:27,990 | 2,529 |
| India | 100% | 1,739 | 1:698,607 | 50,950 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,738 | 1:4,726 | 676 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,690 | 1:18,232 | 2,437 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,574 | 1:13,214 | 1,893 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,341 | 1:1,015 | 177 |
| Denmark | - | 1,286 | 1:4,393 | 558 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,272 | 1:29,896 | 954 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,269 | 1:2,438 | 406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,256 | 1:6,491 | 678 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,196 | 1:3,883 | 433 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,190 | 1:9,655 | 1,056 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,107 | 1:41,831 | 3,054 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,080 | 1:5,077 | 589 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,032 | 1:6,092 | 1,158 |
| Jamaica | - | 938 | 1:3,074 | 608 |
| Scotland | 100% | 930 | 1:5,753 | 513 |
| Norway | 100% | 927 | 1:5,536 | 645 |
| Togo | - | 907 | 1:7,982 | 1,208 |
| Haiti | 100% | 816 | 1:13,146 | 1,278 |
| Philippines | 99% | 815 | 1:130,073 | 6,694 |
| Malawi | 100% | 719 | 1:23,800 | 2,039 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| France | 100% | 591 | 1:112,471 | 2,363 |
| Portugal | - | 517 | 1:20,137 | 960 |
| Israel | 96% | 428 | 1:19,633 | 1,873 |
| Romania | 100% | 376 | 1:53,330 | 2,946 |
| Spain | 100% | 373 | 1:124,745 | 3,245 |
| Hong Kong | - | 367 | 1:21,125 | 2,155 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 336 | 1:45,904 | 4,079 |
| Gabon | 100% | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| China | - | 306 | 1:4,464,235 | 53,319 |
| Japan | - | 304 | 1:421,007 | 10,171 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 286 | 1:622 | 77 |
| Egypt | 100% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Dominica | - | 254 | 1:297 | 65 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 241 | 1:43,283 | 3,058 |
| Italy | 100% | 230 | 1:265,487 | 3,467 |
| Bahamas | - | 222 | 1:1,799 | 420 |
| Russia | 100% | 214 | 1:673,989 | 6,676 |
| Czechia | 100% | 197 | 1:54,092 | 871 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 187 | 1:496 | 99 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Northern Ireland | 98% | 165 | 1:11,171 | 799 |
| Guinea | - | 165 | 1:71,871 | 1,944 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Estonia | 100% | 143 | 1:9,198 | 1,091 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 143 | 1:39,354 | 2,106 |
| Malta | - | 142 | 1:3,024 | 498 |
| Mexico | 100% | 136 | 1:912,827 | 7,761 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Guyana | 100% | 129 | 1:5,917 | 1,031 |
| Barbados | - | 128 | 1:2,264 | 485 |
| Qatar | 100% | 125 | 1:18,957 | 2,829 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 124 | 1:900 | 122 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 100 | 1:71,520 | 6,063 |
| Grenada | 100% | 98 | 1:1,103 | 216 |
| Chile | 91% | 91 | 1:193,486 | 3,622 |
| Jersey | - | 91 | 1:1,099 | 236 |
| Belize | 100% | 88 | 1:4,026 | 856 |
| Zambia | - | 85 | 1:186,527 | 6,727 |
| Congo | 100% | 84 | 1:59,633 | 4,325 |
| Botswana | 100% | 79 | 1:27,651 | 3,112 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Guernsey | - | 68 | 1:931 | 201 |
| Suriname | 100% | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Iraq | 100% | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Ecuador | - | 56 | 1:316,552 | 4,273 |
| Namibia | - | 56 | 1:42,932 | 2,822 |
| Panama | 100% | 55 | 1:71,028 | 4,055 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 52 | 1:10,847 | 865 |
| Peru | 100% | 51 | 1:623,362 | 10,186 |
| South Korea | - | 49 | 1:113,151 | 5,503 |
| Micronesia | - | 47 | 1:2,266 | 330 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 46 | 1:350,183 | 3,849 |
| Benin | 100% | 44 | 1:240,360 | 10,647 |
| Greece | 100% | 42 | 1:260,346 | 4,693 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:781 | 145 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:1,572 | 368 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:16,599 | 1,426 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 35 | 1:862,911 | 19,455 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 33 | 1:5,889,627 | 52,616 |
| Afghanistan | - | 32 | 1:1,019,485 | 12,454 |
| Uganda | 100% | 31 | 1:1,321,191 | 20,529 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 30 | 1:792,323 | 34,623 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 29 | 1:3,784 | 670 |
| Hungary | 100% | 27 | 1:362,658 | 1,511 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 26 | 1:706,903 | 21,562 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 26 | 1:94,568 | 2,800 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 23 | 1:1,509 | 345 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Latvia | 100% | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| Curaçao | - | 18 | 1:8,656 | 603 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Oman | - | 18 | 1:228,259 | 3,410 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Monaco | 100% | 17 | 1:2,263 | 456 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 16 | 1:221,894 | 2,655 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Moldova | - | 14 | 1:254,367 | 2,089 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 14 | 1:3,919 | 735 |
| Argentina | 100% | 13 | 1:3,290,249 | 9,899 |
| Colombia | 100% | 13 | 1:3,675,302 | 23,534 |
| Croatia | 100% | 13 | 1:324,390 | 4,474 |
| Macau | - | 12 | 1:50,684 | 561 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| Nauru | 100% | 11 | 1:1,084 | 171 |
| Uruguay | - | 11 | 1:311,603 | 4,655 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Honduras | - | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Cambodia | - | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,188 | 985 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 4 | 1:21,256 | 352 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Palestine | 50% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,795 | 134 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Márcus (6) & Marcús (2) are calculated separately.
Marcus (77,589) may also be a surname.
Marcus Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Marcus, a common Roman praenomen, and occasionally cognomen. It was probably derived from the name of the grand-daughterMars from some such form as Marticos. Though the name of one of the four evangelists, Mark (which is the English form, cf. Luke for Lucas) has never been popular, but it occurs from time to time in the Middle Ages and became a little commoner in the 19th C. The surnames Mark, Marks, and Marcus (which is found as a surname in the 13th C) are derived from it. The Latin form Marcus is found once in the 17th C, and has been used occasionally since the mid-19th C.
Marcus Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1303. Mark, Marke Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A variant of Mark: from Greek Markos. Fairly general in C19, it is rapidly losing ground.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (masculine) - Martial.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Mar'-kus, polite, shining. Sister s son to Barnabas. Col iv. 10.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a defence (?).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
User-submitted Reference
This name means 'one belonging to Mars, the god of war'.
- b.markoMarcus Forename Popularity
Marcus Demographics
Average Marcus Salary in
United States
$38,926 USD
Per year
Rank:
269,078 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0325792
Rank: 501 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
89.43%
Sample size: 68,995 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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