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The Marcos surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,052 people carried this name — #6,688 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 55% from 3,263 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 6,182 people named Marcos 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 3,057
City of Buenos Aires 722
Santa Fe 413
Santiago del Estero 300
Córdoba 284
Mendoza 172
Jujuy 143
Misiones 138

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 547 people named Marcos.

260 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 260
Paris 51
Hauts-de-Seine 30
Aude 29
Gironde 25
Seine-Saint-Denis 13
Hérault 11
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 9
Rhône 9

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

144 people named Marcos live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 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 35
Vaud 31
Zurich 20
Bern 12
Fribourg 12
Neuchâtel 9
Valais 6
Lucerne 6

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 the Nordic population registers

47 people named Marcos is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 47

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).

In print

Marcos in American newspapers,
1902–1925.

Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Marcos
The Kevin Review 1925-12-17
Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Marcos
The Mirror And Farmer 1902-05-01
Newspaper page from The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian carrying the name Marcos
The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian 1917-11-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 170,643 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Marcos,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mariano Marcos
    Mariano Marcos 1897–1945 · lawyer
  • José Marcos Naval d. 1955 · politician
  • Francisco Marcos Pelayo 1888–1946 · judge
  • Francisco Marcos Raña 1900–1990 · writer
  • Victoriano Marcos 1903–1958 · military personnel
  • Julio Ricardo Marcos 1904–1963 · writer

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

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Surnames next to Marcos.

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