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

The Marchesi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 383 people carried this name — #53,913 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 21% from 483 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,452 people named Marchesi 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 655
Córdoba 232
City of Buenos Aires 169
Santa Fe 142
Mendoza 71
San Luis 63
Entre Ríos 42
La Pampa 23

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

431 people named Marchesi live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 122
Zurich 94
Graubünden 80
Aargau 28
Vaud 24
Basel-Landschaft 17
Bern 11
Geneva 9

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 388 people named Marchesi.

81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 81
Corsica 48
Alpes-Maritimes 28
Paris 25
Meurthe-et-Moselle 24
Haute-Garonne 23
Bouches-du-Rhône 20
Meuse 14
Var 14

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 20 people named Marchesi 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 Hainaut.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 15
Brussels-Capital 5

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

In the Nordic population registers

23 people named Marchesi is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 23

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Marchesi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luigi Marchesi
    Luigi Marchesi 1754–1829 · actor
  • Marcello Marchesi d. 1613 · Catholic bishop
  • Ferdinando Marchesi d. 1536 · Catholic bishop
  • Alberto Marchesi d. 1531 · theologian
  • Antonio Fiorentino della Cava 1451–1522 · engineer
  • Girolamo Marchesi 1471–1550 · painter

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Marchesi is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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