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

The Marchant surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,311 people carried this name — #5,968 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,800 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 693 people named Marchant.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Nord 381
Paris 72
Somme 29
Aisne 25
Marne 19
Yvelines 14
Pas-de-Calais 10
Essonne 9

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 225 people named Marchant live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 45
Namur 38
Flemish Brabant 33
Hainaut 32
Walloon Brabant 27
East Flanders 19
Liège 18
Antwerp 13

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

37 people named Marchant live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 19
Geneva 8
Zurich 7
Basel-Landschaft 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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