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.
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 mapWhere they live today
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 mapWhere they live today
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 mapWhere they were born
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
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
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.
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Luigi Marchesi 1754–1829 · actor -
Marcello Marchesi d. 1613 · Catholic bishop
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Ferdinando Marchesi d. 1536 · Catholic bishop
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Alberto Marchesi d. 1531 · theologian
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Antonio Fiorentino della Cava 1451–1522 · engineer
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Girolamo Marchesi 1471–1550 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marchesi.
- Marchand 6,610 · U.S. census
- Marchant 5,834 · U.S. census
- Marche 258 · U.S. census
- Marcher 145 · U.S. census
- Marcheschi 310 · U.S. census
- Marchese 6,670 · U.S. census
- Marchesini 260 · U.S. census
- Marchetti 4,272 · U.S. census
- Marchetto 162 · U.S. census
- Marchewka 531 · U.S. census
- Marchi 1,230 · U.S. census
- Marchica 244 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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