The Marroquin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,661 people carried this name — #1,822 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,000 people counted. That is up 53% from 12,874 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Marroquin surname

Anglicization of Spanish Marroquín

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marroquin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 208 people named Marroquin 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 71
City of Buenos Aires 68
Mendoza 42
Santa Fe 16
Córdoba 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Marroquin live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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 15
Zurich 4
Vaud 3

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 print

Marroquin in American newspapers,
1901–1903.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Marroquin
The Portland Daily Press 1903-11-14
Newspaper page from The Bamberg Herald carrying the name Marroquin
The Bamberg Herald 1903-11-19
Newspaper page from Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Marroquin
Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1901-11-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,165 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Marroquin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lorenzo Marroquín 1856–1918 · writer
  • Fernando Marroquin 1919– · sport cyclist

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Marroquin,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States194 records

194 records of the Marroquin name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 150
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 26
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Andres M. Marroquin

    Born 1923 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Camp Myles Standish Taunton, Massachusetts, from Hidalgo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Los Ebanos Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Tomas Marroquin

    Born 1945; from Mercedes, Texas. U.S. Army, mechanical maintenance helper; died of illness 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Humberto Marroquin

    U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II. Born 1909, died 2000; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 194 records for Marroquin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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