Marčinko: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Spellings drift, and Marčinko is where Marcin drifted for some families. Taken at its root, Marčinko points to “The Polish personal name corresponding to Martin”.

Spelling and variants

Marčinko adds -ko to the root of Marcin, a familiar way of forming related surnames. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Marčinko with 985 bearers, at rank 25,171. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Marčinko coat of arms

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