How common is the surname Marble?

5,796 people in the United States had the surname Marble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,269 Americans. It ranked 5,940th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Marble?

Alice Marble, American tennis player (1913–1990), followed by Roy Devyn Marble.

Where is the surname Marble most common?

Wikidata records people named Marble in the United States.

How do you pronounce Marble?

Marble is /ˈmɑɹ.bəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Marble getting more or less common?

More common. 5,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,796 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Marble

A surname, carried by 5,796 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɑɹ.bəl/ 2 syllables Soundex M614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marble is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,796 people named Marble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,269 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,397.

#5,940

rank among US surnames

5,796

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,873)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,936	Prendergast	5,800	53,232
#5,938	Kilmer	5,799	53,241
#5,939	Ducharme	5,797	53,260
#5,940	Marble	5,796	53,269

Who is named Marble

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Marble identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marbles

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alice Marble
American tennis player (1913–1990)
Roy Devyn Marble
American basketball player (born 1992)
Sebastian Streeter Marble
American politician (1817–1902)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marble

Marble has the Soundex code M614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M614.

Questions

How common is the surname Marble?: 5,796 people in the United States had the surname Marble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,269 Americans. It ranked 5,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marble?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Marble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Marble?: Alice Marble, American tennis player (1913–1990), followed by Roy Devyn Marble.
Where is the surname Marble most common?: Wikidata records people named Marble in the United States.
How do you pronounce Marble?: Marble is /ˈmɑɹ.bəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Marble getting more or less common?: More common. 5,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,796 in 2010, up 7.4%.