Marsal

surname · Latin script

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

Marsal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: warrior.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 32K(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 50K
  • ARArgentina1 in 241K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

1,567 people

Sources
185 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)

Andorra, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

warrior

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Marsal 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 Marsal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain—1,5671 in 32K1.6KMarsal94
FR France—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 50K177Marsal185
BR Brazil—≈670 est.≈1 in 314K382—1
CZ Czechia—2251 in 48K226—1
AR Argentina—1891 in 241K189Marsal32
PY Paraguay—≈97 est.≈1 in 74K—Marsal13
AD Andorra#546≈3 est.≈1 in 26K—Marsal7

1,567 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end). 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)

Marsal is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Spain, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Marşal, Maršál

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Marşal

  • Czech surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Sweden

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Maršál, Maršal, Marsál, Marşal

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Marsál, Maršál, Maršal

  • Croatian surname25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Croatia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Marshall, Maršal, Marshal, Маршал, Марсал

39 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Pau Marsal i Boguñà, b. 1761Marià Fortuny i Marsal, b. 1838Édouard-Antoine Marsal, b. 1845Domingo Prat, b. 1886Asensio Marsal, b. 1900Salvador Sedó i Marsal, b. 1936Jordi Marsal i Muntalà, b. 1951Santiago Vidal, b. 1954Catherine Marsal, b. 1971

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(measured from records)

Attested in 28 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Marsal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—3.7K#2,869
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.6K#2,988
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.6K#2,987
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961229—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951197—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—189—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941187—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981184—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991177—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971176—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921168—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931162—

Reference works 4

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 does the name Marsal mean, and where does it come from?
warrior Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
In which country does Marsal have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Marsal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marsal.
How common is the name Marsal?
In Spain, the national register counted 1,567 people named Marsal, about 1 in 32 thousand residents.
How common is Marsal compared with other names?
In Andorra, Marsal is the 546th most common surname of 755 surnames 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, “Marsal” — the 546th most common surname in Andorra. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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