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The Marchese surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,670 people carried this name — #5,229 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,483 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Marchese surname

A surname originating as an occupation.

From marchese (“marquis”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marchese» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,315 people named Marchese live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,173
City of Buenos Aires 375
Santa Fe 261
Córdoba 171
Tucumán 161
Mendoza 49
Entre Ríos 42
San Luis 30

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

308 people named Marchese live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 63
Zurich 53
Aargau 40
Neuchâtel 33
Bern 32
Vaud 27
Basel-Landschaft 14
Geneva 11

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 257 people named Marchese.

Most of them — 132 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 132
Bouches-du-Rhône 37
Charente-Maritime 23
Paris 9
Hérault 7
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Seine-Saint-Denis 4
Val-de-Marne 4
Var 4

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 164 people named Marchese 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 Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 97
Hainaut 29
Limburg 15
Namur 13
Brussels-Capital 10

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

Who carried it

People named Marchese,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leonardo Marchese 1445–1513 · Catholic priest
  • Vincenzo Marchese 1601–1718 · painter
  • Domenico Maria Marchese 1633–1692 · bishop
  • Annibale Marchese 1686–1753 · writer
  • Giovanni Battista Marchese 1746–1802 · Catholic priest
  • Vincenzo Marchese 1808–1891 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Marchese.

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