# Marks (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Mark.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 49,177 |
| US rank (2010) | 703 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,278 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (48,281 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Marks 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Marks in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Marks

- Hannah Marks, American actress
- David Marks, American musician
- Caroline Marks, American professional surfer
- Howard Marks, American businessman (b. 1946)
- Tobin J. Marks, American chemist (born 1944)
- John Marks, Australian tennis player
- Richard Marks, American film editor (1943-2018)
- Johnny Marks, American songwriter (1909–1985)
- Lana Marks, American fashion designer and former ambassador to South Africa
- Albert S. Marks, American politician
- William Marks, American politician
- Leo Marks, British cryptographer, playwright and screenwriter (1920-2001)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Marcus, Marx, Marquis, Marques, Marcos, Markus, Markos, Marsh, Mares, Mark, Mears, Marek.

## 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.