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    The surname Marcellus

    A surname, carried by 2,108 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M624

    Marcellus: #14,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Marcellus #14,227, 2,108 people Marcellus: #14,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marcellus #14,227, 2,108 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marcellus is more common than 91.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,108 people named Marcellus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,464 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,744.

    #14,227
    rank among US surnames
    2,108
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.9%
    change since 2000 (was #15,428)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,220Cella2,110146,325
    #14,223Lohse2,109146,394
    #14,227Kepner2,108146,464
    #14,233Gully2,107146,533

    Who is named Marcellus

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

    48% of people named Marcellus identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Marcellus

    Marcellus has the Soundex code M624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Marcellus?
    2,108 people in the United States had the surname Marcellus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,464 Americans. It ranked 14,227th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marcellus?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Marcellus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Marcellus getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,108 in 2010, up 21%.