# Marcus (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/marcus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,671 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,037 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,472 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (17,360 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Marcus in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Marcus in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

## People named Marcus

- Greil Marcus, American author, music journalist and cultural critic
- Ruth Barcan Marcus, American philosopher (1921-2012)
- Mr. Marcus, American pornographic actor
- James A. Marcus, actor (1867-1937)
- Bernard Marcus, American businessman, philanthropist and political donor (1929–2024)
- Gary Marcus, American psycholinguist
- Egerton Marcus, boxer
- Adam Marcus, American film director, writer and actor (1986)
- Stephen Marcus, British actor
- James Marcus, British actor (1942–2020)
- Richard Marcus, American actor
- Joyce Marcus, American archaeologist

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Márquez, Marks, Marx, Marquis, Marques, Marcos, Markus, Markos, Marchese, Marcoux, Marcucci, Marsico.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.