Marcau Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Marcau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 96 | 1:209,144 | 20,627 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Marçau (1) are calculated separately.
Marcau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marcau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marcau is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Marçau. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marcau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,666,404th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Marcau reside; 81 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 209,144. In Romania Marcau is most common in: Hunedoara County, where 49 percent live, Constanța County, where 46 percent live and Gorj County, where 4 percent live. Not including Romania Marcau exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Marcau
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