Number of Marriages…
There were 698 marriages registered in Quezon in February 2024. It recorded a decrease of 2.92 percent from the previous month’s total of 719.
The daily average of registered marriages during the month was 24, higher than the recorded daily average of 23 in January 2024.
Marriages by Place of Occurrence…
Candelaria (79 or 11.3%) had the highest number of registered marriages, followed by San Andres (65 or 9.3%) and City of Tayabas (63 or 9.0%).
Lopez with 59 or 8.5 percent and Lucena City with 57 or 8.2 percent recorded the next highest registered marriages.
Around 41.5 percent of the 41 municipalities/cities in the province registered less than ten (10) marriage occurrences during the month.
No marriage event was recorded in the municipalities of Macalelon, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Perez and Quezon.
Marriages by Month…
For the period of February 2023 to February 2024, July was the most favored month to marry, with a total of 933 marriages, or a daily average of 30 marriages.
May had the next highest number of marriages with 921 or a daily average of 30.
August recorded the least number of marriages with 477 or a daily average of 15.
Marriages by Nationality of Groom and Bride…
About 98.7 percent of the grooms and 99.7 percent of the brides were Filipinos in the registered marriages in February.
There were nine (9) intermarriages between Filipino brides and grooms of foreign descent and two (2) intermarriages between Filipino grooms and brides of foreign descent.
(SGD.) AIRENE A. PUCYUTAN
Chief Statistical Specialist
PSA Quezon
NDP/DOC/NRSU