Find out how popular the last name Marchessault is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Marchessault.

Marchessault, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Marchessault surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Marchessault in America

Marchessault is the 52619th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Marchessault surname appeared 394 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Marchessault.

We can also compare 2010 data for Marchessault to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Marchessault

The surname Marchessault has its origins in France and dates back to the medieval period. It is derived from the Old French words "marchis" meaning border or frontier, and "sault" meaning forest or wooded area. This suggests that the name may have originated in a frontier region near a forested area.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various historical documents from the 13th and 14th centuries in the regions of Normandy and Brittany in northern France. It is possible that the name was initially used to identify individuals who lived near the borders of these regions or near the forests that were once abundant there.

One notable example of the name's historical presence is in the Livre Terrier de Normandie, a medieval land registry from the 13th century, which lists several individuals with the surname Marchessault as landowners or tenants in various villages and towns across Normandy.

In the 15th century, there are records of a Jean Marchessault who was a merchant and landowner in the town of Rouen, Normandy. Another notable figure was Guillaume Marchessault, a soldier who fought in the Hundred Years' War between England and France in the early 15th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, as the name spread across France, it underwent several variations in spelling, including Marchesseau, Marchesseau, and Marchesseau. One individual of note from this period was Pierre Marchessault, a French explorer and fur trader who was among the first Europeans to venture into the interior of what is now Canada in the early 17th century.

In the 18th century, the name can be found in various records from the region of Poitou in western France, where several families with the surname Marchessault were prominent landowners and members of the local nobility.

As the name spread beyond France, it can be found in various parts of North America, particularly in Quebec and other French-speaking regions of Canada, where many families with the surname Marchessault settled during the 17th and 18th centuries as part of the French colonization of the region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Marchessault

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Marchessault.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Marchessault was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Marchessault has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Marchessault was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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