Meaning of the nameMarcus

Marcus is a Latin male name, an old Roman given name probably derived from the name of the god Mars, and the Latin form of Marcos.

Meaning

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

Source: Wiktionary: Marcus · Behind the Name: Marcus

People (2022): 52,491
Rank in Brazil: #544
Median age: 33 years
2010 Census: 38,512; people

Marcus in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marcus, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (11,367 people).

226 women 52,265 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 Marcus is most common

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

Distrito Federal 0.064%
Rio de Janeiro 0.056%
Minas Gerais 0.040%
Goiás 0.034%
Amapá 0.033%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	9,599	0.022%
Rio de Janeiro	9,015	0.056%
Minas Gerais	8,286	0.040%
Bahia	3,390	0.024%
Goiás	2,369	0.034%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,097	0.019%
Pará	1,877	0.023%
Distrito Federal	1,803	0.064%
Ceará	1,671	0.019%
Paraná	1,488	0.013%
Pernambuco	1,307	0.014%
Santa Catarina	1,225	0.016%
Maranhão	1,185	0.018%
Espírito Santo	1,085	0.028%
Piauí	919	0.028%
Amazonas	863	0.022%
Paraíba	723	0.018%
Rio Grande do Norte	667	0.020%
Mato Grosso	542	0.015%
Alagoas	478	0.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul	431	0.016%
Sergipe	400	0.018%
Tocantins	378	0.025%
Amapá	244	0.033%
Rondônia	204	0.013%
Acre	145	0.018%
Roraima	100	0.016%

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

About the name Marcus

Wiktionary derives Latin Marcus from a form *mārtcus, from the name of the god Mars plus the suffix -cus, and lists Portuguese Marcos among the descendants. Behind the Name gives the same probable link with Mars, calls Marcus one of the most commonly used Roman given names, and also records it in Biblical Latin, the Latin form of the name of the evangelist Mark (Marcos). In Brazil, Marcus keeps the Latin ending alongside the Portuguese form Marcos. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 52,491 people named Marcus, with a median age of 33; proportionally, it is most common in the Distrito Federal.

Sources

Wiktionary: Marcus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Marcus · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Marcus

What does the name Marcus mean?

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

How many people are named Marcus in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 52,491 people with the first name Marcus, which ranks it number 544 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Marcus is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 226 women and 52,265 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marcus?

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

In which Brazilian state is Marcus most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.064% of the state's population is named Marcus (1,803 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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