How common is the surname Maris?

1,986 people in the United States had the surname Maris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. It ranked 14,902nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Maris?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Maris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Maris?

Roger Maris, American baseball player (1934–1985), followed by Mona Maris.

Where is the surname Maris most common?

Wikidata records people named Maris in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Maris getting more or less common?

More common. 1,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,986 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Maris

A surname, carried by 1,986 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maris is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

From Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge (the founding site of Cambridge University's Plant Breeding Institute), from Etruscan Maris.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,986 people named Maris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,858.

#14,902

rank among US surnames

1,986

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,671)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,893	Sweetman	1,987	155,383
#14,902	Enderle	1,986	155,461

Who is named Maris

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

84% of people named Maris identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mariss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Maris
American baseball player (1934–1985)
Mona Maris
Argentine actress, 1903–1991

Notable Mariss come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maris

Maris has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Questions

Where does the surname Maris come from?: From Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge (the founding site of Cambridge University's Plant Breeding Institute), from Etruscan Maris.
How common is the surname Maris?: 1,986 people in the United States had the surname Maris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. It ranked 14,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maris?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Maris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Maris?: Roger Maris, American baseball player (1934–1985), followed by Mona Maris.
Where is the surname Maris most common?: Wikidata records people named Maris in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Maris getting more or less common?: More common. 1,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,986 in 2010, up 6.9%.