Marchau Surname
Approximately 325 people bear this surname
Marchau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 263 | 1:252,558 | 39,013 |
| Belgium | 48 | 1:239,513 | 29,891 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Marchau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marchau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marchau is found most in France. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marchau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 844,382nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Marchau reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Marchau is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 263 people, or 1 in 252,558. In France Marchau is most prevalent in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 41 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 25 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account France this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 15 percent live and Denmark, where 2 percent live.
Marchau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Marchau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Marchau surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Marchau
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