The Marciano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,929 people carried this name — #10,882 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 101,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 2,645 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Marciano surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Latin Mārciānus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marciano» (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 534 people named Marciano 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 409 people named Marciano.
Most of them — 255 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
89 people named Marciano live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
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 Marciano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonietta De Pace 1818–1893 · educator -
Rocky Marciano 1923–1969 · boxer -
Girolamo Marciano 1571–1628 · physician
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Beniamino Marciano 1831–1907 · politician
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Gennaro Marciano 1863–1944 · politician
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Ernesto Marciano 1869–1930 · pianist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marciano.
- Marchio 573 · U.S. census
- Marchione 1,248 · U.S. census
- Marchioni 352 · U.S. census
- Marchiori 210 · U.S. census
- Marchisio 212 · U.S. census
- Marcia 961 · U.S. census
- Marcille 295 · U.S. census
- Marcin 714 · U.S. census
- Marciniak 2,647 · U.S. census
- Marcinkowski 815 · U.S. census
- Marck 280 · U.S. census
- Marco 3,082 · U.S. census
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