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    The surname Marden

    A surname, carried by 2,375 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M635

    Marden: #12,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Marden #12,935, 2,375 people Marden: #12,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marden #12,935, 2,375 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marden is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,375 people named Marden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,998 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,299.

    #12,935
    rank among US surnames
    2,375
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,389)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
    #12,929Hause2,377129,889
    #12,931Sanson2,376129,943
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998
    #12,941Ladue2,374130,053
    #12,944Steffey2,373130,108

    Who is named Marden

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

    90% of people named Marden identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mardens

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Orison Swett Marden
      American writer (1848-1924)
    • Anne Marden
      American rower, born 1958
    • Brice Marden
      American painter (1938-2023)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Marden

    Marden has the Soundex code M635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Marden?
    2,375 people in the United States had the surname Marden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,998 Americans. It ranked 12,935th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marden?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Marden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Marden?
    Orison Swett Marden, American writer (1848-1924), followed by Anne Marden.
    Where is the surname Marden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Marden in the United States.
    Is the surname Marden getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,375 in 2010, up 3.3%.