Popularity of the last name by country

Netherlands

• Noord-Holland (2,423)
• Noord-Brabant (1,270)
• Zuid-Holland (949)
• Zeeland (489)
• Limburg (479)
• Utrecht (448)
• Gelderland (266)
• Overijssel (235)
• Groningen (131)
• Fryslân | Friesland (19)
• Drenthe (18)
• Flevoland (1)

All countries

• France (2,062,384)
• Canada (51,276)
• Belgium (42,786)
• Switzerland (10,873)
• Netherlands (9,329)
• United States (8,934)
• Algeria (3,859)
• Germany (2,531)
• United Kingdom (1,679)
• Martinique (1,040)
• Réunion (911)
• Guadeloupe (672)
• Italy (657)
• Unknown country (519)
• Austria (417)
• Mauritius (400)
• Spain (359)
• Morocco (297)
• Haiti (284)
• Luxembourg (257)
• Tunisia (172)
• Madagascar (161)
• Sweden (161)
• Viet Nam (160)
• Turkey (159)
• New Caledonia (146)
• India (116)
• Poland (113)
• Russian Federation (98)
• Peru (81)
• Australia (79)
• Mexico (78)
• New Zealand (74)
• Serbia (68)
• Greece (64)
• Ireland (62)
• St. Pierre and Miquelon (62)
• Sudan (61)
• Argentina (53)
• French Guiana (48)

Origine of last name

MARCHAND : 1: French: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods from Old French march(e)ant Late Latin mercatans from Latin mercari ‘to trade’ from merx ‘commerce exchange merchandise’. In the Middle Ages the term was used mainly to denote a wholesale dealer. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Marchant">Marchant</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Mershon">Mershon</a>.2: English (London): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Marchant">Marchant</a> a cognate of 1 above.