Meaning of the nameMarques

Marques is a Portuguese surname, coming from Marcos plus the suffix -es, which is also recorded as a given name in Brazil.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,169 people named Marques, the 3,114th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 34, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Meaning

The meaning of Marques is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 4,169
Rank in Brazil: #3,114
Median age: 34 years
2010 Census: 4,935; people

Marques in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marques, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (874 people).

69 women 4,100 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 Marques is most common

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

Sergipe 0.006%
Minas Gerais 0.005%
Goiás 0.005%
Amazonas 0.004%
Espírito Santo 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	936	0.005%
São Paulo	520	0.001%
Goiás	317	0.005%
Bahia	295	0.002%
Pará	203	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	189	0.001%
Amazonas	170	0.004%
Ceará	156	0.002%
Maranhão	128	0.002%
Sergipe	123	0.006%
Espírito Santo	119	0.003%
Mato Grosso	108	0.003%
Pernambuco	97	0.001%
Paraná	95	0.001%
Tocantins	90	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	77	0.001%
Alagoas	75	0.002%
Santa Catarina	67	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	66	0.002%
Paraíba	57	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	57	0.002%
Distrito Federal	56	0.002%
Piauí	48	0.002%
Rondônia	48	0.003%
Acre	37	0.005%
Roraima	22	0.004%

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

About the name Marques

According to Wiktionary, Marques is a surname that comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, formed from Marcos plus the suffix -es. Marcos comes from Latin Mārcus, and Wiktionary presents the link to the god Mars as a hypothesis, so the meaning of the root is uncertain. It is almost always a male name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,169 people with Marques as a first name, with a median age of 34. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Sources

Wiktionary: Marques · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Marcos · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Marques

What does the name Marques mean?

The meaning of Marques is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Marques in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,169 people with the first name Marques, which ranks it number 3,114 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Marques is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 69 women and 4,100 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marques?

Marques is a name of Portuguese and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marques most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.006% of the state's population is named Marques (123 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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