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The Marchesini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 260 people carried this name — #74,375 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 18% from 221 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Marchesini surname

From marchesino (“son of a marquis”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marchesini» (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 1,127 people named Marchesini 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 379
Buenos Aires Province 311
Córdoba 117
Santa Fe 95
City of Buenos Aires 81
Mendoza 50
Misiones 40
Neuquén 22

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Marchesini.

35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 35
Alpes-Maritimes 12
Paris 11
Doubs 8
Var 7
Haute-Garonne 6
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Moselle 4
Savoie 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Marchesini live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 13
Ticino 8
Vaud 7
Bern 3
Basel-Landschaft 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Marchesini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ascanio Marchesini d. 1580 · Catholic priest
  • Angelo Maria Marchesini 1615–1690 · theologian
  • Francesco Marchesini 1618–1693 · sculptor
  • Alessandro Marchesini 1663–1738 · art dealer
  • Santa Marchesini 1680–1748 · opera singer
  • Pietro Marchesini 1692–1757 · painter

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Marchesini 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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