Surname Spotlight: Marcone

Marcone is best understood together with Marconi: both are Italian spellings of a single family name. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “from Marcone, a form of the name Marco”. The change of ending between Marconi and Marcone reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Marcon.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Marcone surname had 305 bearers. From 1891 to 2000, 195 births in France were registered under Marcone.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Marconi surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Marcone family name pack.