The Marques surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,520 people carried this name — #4,716 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,200 people counted. That is up 18% from 6,386 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Marques surname
From Marco / Marcos + -es.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marques» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
5,265 people named Marques live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 3,662 people named Marques 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 2,652 people named Marques.
999 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 57 people named Marques 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 Antwerp.
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 the Nordic population registers
37 people named Marques is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Marques in American newspapers,
1904–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 104,530 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Marques,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josephus Marques da Silva 1745–1811 · Catholic priest -
Marques de Leão 1847–1913 · military officer -
João Marques de Oliveira 1853–1927 · painter -
Xavier Marques 1861–1942 · writer -
José Marques da Silva 1869–1947 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 249 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marques.
- Marotta 4,491 · U.S. census
- Marotte 285 · U.S. census
- Marouf 180 · U.S. census
- Marquand 306 · U.S. census
- Marquart 2,792 · U.S. census
- Marque 187 · U.S. census
- Marquet 244 · U.S. census
- Marquette 2,652 · U.S. census
- Marquez 107,533 · U.S. census
- Marquis 8,737 · U.S. census
- Marra 6,065 · U.S. census
- Marras 104 · U.S. census
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