Marseille Family History

French (southern): habitational name from Marseille the largest city of Provence and the second-largest city of France. This surname is most common in Haiti where it may be a nickname (see 3 below).

French (northern): habitational name from Marseille-en-Beauvaisis (Oise). Haitian: probably a nickname from the name of the French city of Marseille referring to La Marseillaise the national anthem of France (adopted in 1795).