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

Marcellán is found most frequently in Spain. It can also be rendered as: Marcellan. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Marcellán? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Marcellán live; 64 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 64 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname Marcellán is most numerous in Spain, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 6,678,862. In Spain Marcellán is most prevalent in: Andalusia, where 43 percent reside, Madrid, where 29 percent reside and Aragon, where 14 percent reside. Not including Spain Marcellán exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 18 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 9 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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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