Marsan
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Marsan is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: habitational name from a place so named in Gers.
- FRFrance≈1 in 50K(inferred from the name graph)
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 372K
- ITItaly≈1 in 389K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 182 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Marşan in TR Türkiye.
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)
habitational name from a place so named in Gers.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marsan 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 50K | 203 | Marsan | 182 |
| US United States | 497 | 1 in 669K | 497 | — | 81 |
| TR Türkiye | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 372K | — | Marşan | 12 |
| IT Italy | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 389K | listed | — | 5 |
| AR Argentina | 55 | 1 in 827K | 55 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 11 | 1 in 764K | 11 | — | 3 |
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); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the xinhua-italian-manual register. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Marsan is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, a surname from Occitan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Probablement de Mersan ou Mersant, noms de localités du nord-ouest de la France.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In Breton, marger
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
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)
- Eugène Marsanb. 1882FRFrench writer and journalist (1882-1936)
- Fernand E. Marsanb. 1901USAmerican photographer (1901–1987)
- Hugo Marsanb. 1932FRFrench journalist (1932–2022)
- Jean-Claude Marsanb. 1938CACanadian writer
- Pierre Marsanb. 1948CACanadian politician
- Georges Marsanb. 1957MCMonégasque politician (born 1957)
- Eddie Marsanb. 1968GBBritish actor
- Stéphane Marsanb. 1970FRFrench publisher
- Laurent Marsanb. 1972FRPh.D. Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée 2002
- Josianne MarsanCAuniversity professor
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 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 497 | #46,253 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 497 | #43,438 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 474 | #42,983 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 250 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 235 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 203 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 192 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 173 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 170 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 169 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 168 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 154 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Marsan mean, and where does it come from?
- habitational name from a place so named in Gers. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Marsan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Marsan in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marsan.
- How common is the name Marsan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 497 people named Marsan in 2010, about 1 in 669 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Marsan?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marsanThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Marsan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.