Marechal surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Marechal surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 106 people carried this name — #143,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 9,710 people named Marechal.

178 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 178
Nord 862
Paris 807
Saône-et-Loire 531
Ain 441
Pas-de-Calais 426
Seine-Maritime 402
Somme 382
Aisne 330

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 3,203 people named Marechal 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 Liège.

Where they live today

Liège 1,706
Luxembourg Province 375
Hainaut 371
Namur 191
Brussels-Capital 170
Walloon Brabant 120
West Flanders 106
Limburg 62

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

243 people named Marechal live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where they live today

Geneva 120
Vaud 66
Valais 15
Neuchâtel 14
Basel-Landschaft 11
Aargau 8
Zurich 5
Fribourg 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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