Meaning of the surname Márquez
Márquez is a Spanish surname of the patronymic type meaning "son of Marcos". It is one of the 200 most common surnames in Mexico.
The surname comes from the given name Marcos, which means "of Mars".
Formed from a father's given name with the suffix -ez, -es, or -iz, meaning 'son of'. Hernández is the son of Hernando, Martínez the son of Martín. About half of the most common Mexican surnames are patronymics.
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Márquez appears as either half of a pair: Márquez García, López Márquez. Read how the two-surname system works.