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    The surname Marcum

    A surname, carried by 16,246 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M625

    Marcum: #2,244 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Marcum #2,244, 16,246 people Marcum: #2,244 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marcum #2,244, 16,246 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marcum is more common than 98.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,246 people named Marcum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,004 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,925.

    #2,244
    rank among US surnames
    16,246
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,090)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,235Trimble16,30618,934
    #2,236Hare16,30418,937
    #2,237Russ16,30018,941
    #2,238Ahmad16,29118,952
    #2,239Parr16,28618,958
    #2,240Montanez16,28118,964
    #2,241Aaron16,27618,969

    Who is named Marcum

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

    95% of people named Marcum identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Marcums

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shaun Marcum
      American baseball player, born 1981

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Marcum

    Marcum has the Soundex code M625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Marcum?
    16,246 people in the United States had the surname Marcum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,004 Americans. It ranked 2,244th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marcum?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Marcum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Marcum?
    Shaun Marcum, American baseball player.
    Where is the surname Marcum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Marcum in the United States.
    Is the surname Marcum getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,925 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,246 in 2010, up 2.0%.