Meaning of the nameMarco

Marco is a male name of Latin origin, from Marcus, a Roman praenomen that probably derives from the name of the god Mars.

Meaning

“probably derived from the name of Mars, the Roman god”

Source: Wiktionary: Marco · Behind the Name: Marcus

People (2022): 192,703
Rank in Brazil: #171
Median age: 45 years
2010 Census: 208,076; people

Marco in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marco, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (48,000 people).

674 women 192,029 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Marco is most common

States with the highest share of people named Marco in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	57,419	0.129%
Minas Gerais	32,469	0.158%
Rio de Janeiro	27,065	0.169%
Rio Grande do Sul	16,879	0.155%
Paraná	10,474	0.092%
Santa Catarina	7,301	0.096%
Goiás	6,528	0.093%
Bahia	4,687	0.033%
Pará	4,389	0.054%
Espírito Santo	3,102	0.081%
Distrito Federal	2,982	0.106%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,497	0.091%
Mato Grosso	2,461	0.067%
Pernambuco	2,422	0.027%
Maranhão	2,222	0.033%
Amazonas	1,646	0.042%
Ceará	1,625	0.019%
Piauí	978	0.030%
Paraíba	972	0.025%
Tocantins	918	0.061%
Rio Grande do Norte	883	0.027%
Rondônia	703	0.045%
Alagoas	619	0.020%
Sergipe	576	0.026%
Amapá	463	0.063%
Roraima	248	0.039%
Acre	175	0.021%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Marco

Marco comes from Latin Mārcus, according to Wiktionary, whose etymology tree links the name to Mārs, the god Mars. Behind the Name says that Marcus was a Roman praenomen, probably derived from the name of that god, and lists Marco and Marcos as Portuguese forms. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) also gives the origin as Latin Marcu. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 192,703 people named Marco, with a median age of 45. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Wiktionary: Marco · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Marcus · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marco · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Marco

What does the name Marco mean?

Marco means “probably derived from the name of Mars, the Roman god”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Marco in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 192,703 people with the first name Marco, which ranks it number 171 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Marco a boy's or a girl's name?

Marco is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 674 women and 192,029 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marco?

Marco is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marco most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.169% of the state's population is named Marco (27,065 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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