Marcellán Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Marcellán Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marcellán Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Marcellan (397) are calculated separately.

Marcellán Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marcellán Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Marcellán has its highest incidence in Spain. It can be found in the variant forms: Marcellan. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Marcellán? popularity and diffusion

Marcellán is the 5,812,366th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 64 percent of Marcellán are found; 64 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 64 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Spain, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 6,678,862. In Spain Marcellán is most common in: Andalusia, where 43 percent live, Madrid, where 29 percent live and Aragon, where 14 percent live. Excluding Spain this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 18 percent live and Hong Kong, where 9 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 Marcellán
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