Marcin Family History

Slovak Rusyn (from Slovakia) and Polish: from Marcin a personal name equivalent to Martin. In Poland this is the most usual form as a personal name but the surname is very rare there while in Slovakia where Marcin is a dialect form of the name Martin the situation is opposite.

American shortened form of Polish Marcinkiewicz and other derivatives of the personal name Marcin (see 1 above). In some cases possibly also French: from a vernacular form of the personal name Marcien derived from the Latin surname Marcianus popularized through the cult of a local saint.