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

The Marquez surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 79,951 people carried this name — #357 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,370 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 629 people named Marquez.

273 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 273
Hauts-de-Seine 45
Bouches-du-Rhône 38
Hérault 34
Rhône 27
Aveyron 22
Loire 16
Paris 15
Haute-Garonne 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

323 people named Marquez live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 59
Geneva 41
Lucerne 38
Bern 36
Vaud 36
Aargau 18
Neuchâtel 16
Valais 13

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.

In print

Marquez in American newspapers,
1936–1963.

Newspaper page from Ohio Waisenfreund carrying the name Marquez
Ohio Waisenfreund 1949-10-22
Newspaper page from The Daily Express carrying the name Marquez
The Daily Express 1951-01-11
Newspaper page from Diario Las AméRicas carrying the name Marquez
Diario Las AméRicas 1961-06-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,102 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Marquez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tómas Uribe Márquez
    Tómas Uribe Márquez 1886–1936 · writer
  • José Marquez
    José Marquez 1910– · sport cyclist
  • Francisca Lourdes Márquez-Pérez
    Francisca Lourdes Márquez-Pérez 1959–2023 · researcher
  • Melanie Marquez
    Melanie Marquez 1964– · model
  • Roberta Marquez
    Roberta Marquez 1977– · ballet dancer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 70 lives in all are documented under this name.

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