The Marchi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,230 people carried this name — #21,307 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,179 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Marchi surname
Borrowed from Italian Marchi. Sometimes also Italianized from Slovene Mrak (from mrak (“murkiness, cloud”)) and Makovec (from mak (“poppy”)).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marchi» (English), 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 1,584 people named Marchi 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 814 people named Marchi.
190 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 52 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
195 people named Marchi live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 81 people named Marchi 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 print
Marchi in American newspapers,
1867–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,807 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Marchi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vittorio Marchi 1851–1908 · physician -
Ezio Marchi 1869–1908 · veterinarian -
Giovanni Marchi 1889–1939 · politician -
Ruggero Marchi 1891–1979 · actor -
Spartaco Marchi 1891–1976 · opera singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 145 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marchi.
- Marchese 6,670 · U.S. census
- Marchesi 383 · U.S. census
- Marchesini 260 · U.S. census
- Marchetti 4,272 · U.S. census
- Marchetto 162 · U.S. census
- Marchewka 531 · U.S. census
- Marchica 244 · U.S. census
- Marchini 515 · U.S. census
- Marchio 573 · U.S. census
- Marchione 1,248 · U.S. census
- Marchioni 352 · U.S. census
- Marchiori 210 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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