Marcus

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Roman personal name; perhaps from Hebrew Mar Chusi

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

/mɑɹkəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Marcus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Austria it is the 7th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 262(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8K
  • FIFinland1 in 129as Markus

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Marcus itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

1,082,739 named Marcos, 2022

#541 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
567 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 262 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MarcusLatin(measured from records)
마커스Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Markus in DE Germany, ES Spain, AT Austria and 2 more.

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

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

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(measured from records)

Marcus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Marcus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—1,082,739as Marcos1 in 1961.1M—9
DE Germany#12≈410,000 est.≈1 in 197—Markus331
US United States#314184,0541 in 1.8K184KMarcus567
ES Spain—99,544as Marcos1 in 502100KMarkus92
AT Austria#7≈67,000 est.≈1 in 13325KMarkus215
FI Finland#31143,211as Markus1 in 12949KMarkus82
SE Sweden#15838,8741 in 26239KMarcus141
CH Switzerland#8≈35,000 est.≈1 in 239150Markus182

1,082,739 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Marcus is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Colombia

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Márcus, Marcüs, Marcús, Mărcuş, Mãrčüš

  • Swedish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Denmark, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Marcús, Marcùs

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Márcus, Marcuș, Marcús, Mărcuş, Mărcuș

91 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(measured from records)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Marcus,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 127 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—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—3.6K#383
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—2.6K—
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)20241.4K#399
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20251.3K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)2020711—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—451#4,913

Reference works 8

  • 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)
  • Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)

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

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Marcus?
In the etymology graph, Mark, Marcos and Marco are forms of the same name in other languages.
What does the name Marcus mean, and where does it come from?
Roman personal name; perhaps from Hebrew Mar Chusi Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
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.
In which country does Marcus have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.1 million people named Marcos, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Marcus most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marcus is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 262 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How do you pronounce Marcus?
A machine transcription gives /mɑɹkəs/ (IPA) for English.
How common is the name Marcus?
In the United States, the national register counted 184,054 people named Marcus in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
How common is Marcus compared with other names?
In Austria, Marcus is the 7th most common given name of 26,800 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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 7th most common given name in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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