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The Marquette surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,652 people carried this name — #11,804 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,488 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 721 people named Marquette.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Nord 270
Gironde 124
Pas-de-Calais 90
Paris 44
Marne 25
Aisne 22
Lot-et-Garonne 15
Somme 14

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 112 people named Marquette 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

Hainaut 112

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

In print

Marquette in American newspapers,
1904–1929.

Newspaper page from Las Vegas Age carrying the name Marquette
Las Vegas Age 1929-06-01
Newspaper page from The Indian Advocate carrying the name Marquette
The Indian Advocate 1904-08-01
Newspaper page from The People's Defender carrying the name Marquette
The People's Defender 1929-06-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 260,519 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Marquette,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacques Marquette
    Jacques Marquette 1637–1675 · Catholic priest
  • Charles Marquette
    Charles Marquette 1845–1907
  • Mel Marquette
    Mel Marquette 1884–1961 · engineer
  • Marie Nicolas Louis Marquette de Fleury 1748–1834 · politician
  • Émile Auguste Marquette 1839–1905 · architect
  • Gertrude Marquette 1868–1954

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

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Surnames next to Marquette.

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