Marechal Surname

25,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Marechal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marechal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France14,5281:4,572356
Belgium3,5481:3,240326
Haiti1,1281:9,4721,023
Netherlands3571:47,3038,077
Canada3451:106,79911,489
United States2311:1,569,086105,843
Argentina1481:288,80723,114
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Brazil1151:1,861,51659,915
Luxembourg1111:5,230753
England881:633,16037,224
Switzerland541:152,09114,437
Chile451:391,47710,650
Australia421:642,75544,739
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Austria121:709,62061,025
Madagascar91:2,627,7603,802
China91:151,924,6187,954
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Comoros11:749,524685
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

The alternate forms: Maréchal (3,154), Marèchal (29) & Marêchal (1) are calculated separately.

Marechal (870) may also be a first name.

Marechal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Marechal (Arabic: ماريشال) occurs most in France. It can be found in the variant forms: Maréchal, Marèchal or Marêchal. For other possible spellings of Marechal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marechal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 25,438th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 343,849 people. The surname Marechal occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Marechal live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 275,855th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 870 people.

The last name Marechal is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 14,528 people, or 1 in 4,572. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside, Hauts-de-France, where 17 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent reside. Barring France this surname occurs in 60 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 17 percent reside and Haiti, where 5 percent reside.

Marechal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Marechal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Marechal last name expanded 1,216 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,760 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Marechal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Marechal last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Marechal earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 20.51% less than the national average, earning 275,084 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 6.56% more than the national average, earning R 253,236 per year; in United States they earn 22.07% more than the national average, earning $52,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.26% less than the national average, earning $42,102 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Marechal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Marechal in the Arabic language
ماريشالmaryshal-

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