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

The Marseille surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 650 people carried this name — #34,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 44% from 450 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Marseille surname

Borrowed from French Marseille. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marseille» (English), 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 1,029 people named Marseille.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Pas-de-Calais 178
Hautes-Alpes 128
Somme 109
Vaucluse 71
Bouches-du-Rhône 65
Gard 53
Paris 42
Marne 38

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Marseille is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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