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The Marsan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 497 people carried this name — #43,438 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 474 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Marsan surname

A surname from Occitan.

Borrowed from Occitan.

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 877 people named Marsan.

33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Landes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 33
Landes 349
Gers 111
Gironde 80
Lot-et-Garonne 64
La Réunion 36
Haute-Garonne 26
Paris 23
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 20

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 55 people named Marsan 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 39
City of Buenos Aires 16

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

In print

Marsan in American newspapers,
1896.

Newspaper page from St. Croix Avis carrying the name Marsan
St. Croix Avis 1896-01-22
Newspaper page from St. Croix Avis carrying the name Marsan
St. Croix Avis 1896-01-15
Newspaper page from St. Croix Avis carrying the name Marsan
St. Croix Avis 1896-01-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,842 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Marsan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Marsan 1867–1959 · politician
  • Eugène Marsan 1882–1936 · writer
  • Fernand E. Marsan 1901–1987 · photographer
  • Fernand E. Marsan 1901–1987 · photographer
  • Mequeline Phyllis Hay 1922–
  • Richard Marsan 1924–1992 · art director

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Marsan.

When the index is not enough

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