March surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The March surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 10,553 people carried this name — #3,135 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 211 people named March.

69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 69
Pyrénées-Orientales 48
Hérault 19
Aude 10
Hauts-de-Seine 9
Haute-Garonne 8
Alpes-Maritimes 5
Gironde 5
Puy-de-Dôme 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named March live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 8
Basel-Landschaft 5
Geneva 5
Lucerne 3
Ticino 3
Valais 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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