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    The surname Marbury

    An English place surname, carried by 2,316 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M616

    Marbury: #13,195 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Marbury #13,195, 2,316 people Marbury: #13,195 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marbury #13,195, 2,316 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marbury is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English mere (“pool, lake”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

    Marbury is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,316 people named Marbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,310 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,050.

    #13,195
    rank among US surnames
    2,316
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13%
    change since 2000 (was #13,584)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,186Moraga2,318133,195
    #13,190Pimental2,317133,252
    #13,195Rizzuto2,316133,310
    #13,203Lamphere2,315133,367

    Who is named Marbury

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

    69% of people named Marbury identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 69%
    • White (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Marburys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stephon Marbury
      American basketball player (born 1977)
    • William Marbury
      American judge, 1762–1835

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Marberry

    Surnames that sound like Marbury

    Marbury has the Soundex code M616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M616.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Marbury come from?
    From Old English mere (“pool, lake”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
    How common is the surname Marbury?
    2,316 people in the United States had the surname Marbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,310 Americans. It ranked 13,195th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marbury?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Marbury identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Marbury?
    Stephon Marbury, American basketball player (born 1977), followed by William Marbury.
    Where is the surname Marbury most common?
    Wikidata records people named Marbury in the United States.
    What type of surname is Marbury?
    Marbury is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Marbury getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,316 in 2010, up 13%.
    What are other spellings of Marbury?
    Marberry.