Marcus

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Marcus is a given name, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is the 13th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Portuguese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Roman personal name; perhaps from Hebrew Mar Chusi.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 84◐
  • CZCzechia1 in 85
  • PLPoland1 in 104

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈3.2M ●

across 10 countries

#17 ●

of 16M given names

11 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
641 ●

27M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 84 ◐

Croatia

Spellings & scripts●

MarkLatin · English●17M records
МаркCyrillic · Russian●517K records
מרקHebrew · Hebrew●68K records
মানিকBengali · Bangla●7.9K records
ΜαρκοςGreek · Greek●1.6K records
ՄարկArmenian · Armenian●1.5K records
ᲛარკGeorgian · Georgian●713 records
ማርቆስEthiopic · Amharic●640 records
มีรักThai · Thai●101 records
마코Hangul · Korean●1 records
මාරකSinhala · Sinhala●0 records

9 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mark in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 5 more, Marco in MX Mexico, PE Peru, IT Italy and 4 more, Marcos in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 1 more and Markus in DE Germany, AT Austria, CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Roman personal name; perhaps from Hebrew Mar Chusi

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Marcus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom#131,591,0831.2M rec.—34Mark368
AR Argentina#1221,457,941899K rec.—6.2KMarcos187
PH Philippines#51,155,943692K rec.——Mark227
US United States#161,134,40716M rec.1 in 2931.1MMark641
BR Brazil#101,082,739△386K rec.1 in 1961.1MMarcos275
IN India#7461,082,727610K rec.—56KManik184
MX Mexico#481,053,110851K rec.—729Marco261
DE Germany#10886,777780K rec.—1Markus308
AU Australia#10844,400587K rec.—109Mark371
PE Peru#43632,270518K rec.—97KMarco131
RU Russia#127461,742249K rec.—#59Марк183
CA Canada#12438,360421K rec.—40Mark296

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English1.7M52%
  • Portuguese789K24%
  • German226K7%
  • Spanish116K3%
  • 88K3%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English1,734,47052%
Portuguese789,09724%
German226,4707%
Spanish115,8273%
87,8063%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marcus is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Danish given name98K records spelled Marcus8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

    Also written Marcùs, Marcús

  • a separate given name96K records spelled Marcus6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Sweden

    Also written Márcus, Marcús, Mărcuș, Mărcuş, Marcuș

  • Hungarian given name19K records spelled Marcus11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Finland, United States, Slovenia

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Mark, Märk, Márk, Màrk, Ḿark

  • a separate given name2.5K records spelled Marcus3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

    Also written Màrcus, Mårcüs

85 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Marcus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, a male given name, a less common variant of Markus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, Lateinnahes Patronym zu lat. Marcus 'dem Mars zugehörig'; die Karte zeigt c/k-Schreibung in Marcus-Formen. Bearer: 474.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Patronymischer Familienname zum Rufnamen Marcus/Markus; 1930 Rang 60 der häufigsten Familiennamen in Luxemburg; 731 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, Patronym zu Markus/Marcus; die Karte zeigt c/k-Varianz im Inlaut bei diesen Familiennamenformen.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Patronymisch zu Rufname Marcus/Markus (lat. Marcus, zu Mars).

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

02K4K6K1900195020006K · 1984

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Marcus in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
188047
188145
188246
188338
188457
188544
188639
188723
188847
188938
189033
189128
189244
189351
189446
189536
189639
189738
189844
189946
190048
190144
190244
190344
190442
190553
190661
190746
190851
190949
191063
191164
1912132
1913172
1914192
1915307
1916278
1917283
1918273
1919287
1920321
1921353
1922297
1923320
1924333
1925312
1926310
1927279
1928256
1929248
1930277
1931225
1932222
1933239
1934226
1935226
1936207
1937226
1938224
1939226
1940250
1941265
1942268
1943282
1944277
1945280
1946382
1947392
1948406
1949464
1950556
1951576
1952676
1953725
1954897
1955974
19561,063
19571,035
1958982
19591,210
19601,326
19611,313
19621,372
19631,322
19641,351
19651,373
19661,266
19671,472
19681,538
19692,212
19704,315
19714,410
19723,685
19733,714
19743,801
19753,969
19763,681
19773,846
19783,995
19794,048
19804,260
19814,510
19824,988
19835,637
19845,996
19855,586
19865,278
19874,950
19885,207
19895,395
19905,304
19915,069
19924,545
19935,063
19945,258
19954,647
19964,546
19974,183
19984,015
19993,867
20003,797
20013,696
20023,544
20033,395
20043,480
20053,477
20063,813
20073,670
20083,392
20093,409
20103,131
20112,814
20122,718
20132,536
20142,620
20152,481
20162,183
20172,037
20181,901
20191,722
20201,661
20211,616
20221,479
20231,400
20241,382
20251,341

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1700180019002000Robert Owen, b. 1771Marcus Garvey, b. 1887Mark Rothko, b. 1903Roy Cohn, b. 1927Tony Shalhoub, b. 1953Marcus Schenkenberg, b. 1968Marcus Grönholm, b. 1968Marcus Dunstan, b. 1975Marcus Tulio Tanaka, b. 1981Marcus Rashford, b. 1997
  • Robert Owenb. 1771GBnot in their usual nameWelsh textile manufacturer and social reformer (1771–1858)
  • Marcus Garveyb. 1887JMJamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940)
  • Mark Rothkob. 1903USnot in their usual nameAmerican painter of Latvian-Jewish descent (1903–1970)
  • Roy Cohnb. 1927USnot in their usual nameAmerican lawyer (1927–1985)
  • Tony Shalhoubb. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1953)
  • Marcus Schenkenbergb. 1968SESwedish model
  • Marcus Grönholmb. 1968FIFinnish rally driver
  • Marcus Dunstanb. 1975USAmerican film director and screenwriter
  • Marcus Tulio Tanakab. 1981BRJapanese association football player
  • Marcus Rashfordb. 1997GBEnglish footballer (born 1997)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 123 sources across 63 countries.

Official registers attesting Marcus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020184K#301
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202252K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—52K#544
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—39K#106
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—39K#924
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202030K—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—21K#220
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201018K#2,037
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200017K#1,900
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202017K#2,096
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—14K#282
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—9K#76

Reference works 7

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,402 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marcus?
We estimate roughly 3.2 million people bear Marcus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Marcus have the most bearers?
Marcus is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled mark.
Where is Marcus most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marcus is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 84 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.
How common is Marcus compared with other names?
In the United Kingdom, Marcus is the 13th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.
Is Marcus a male or female name?
Marcus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Marcus mean?
Recorded meaning: Roman personal name; perhaps from Hebrew Mar Chusi
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marcus” — the 13th most common given name in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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