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The surname Marlette

A surname, carried by 1,562 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M643

Marlette: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Marlette #17,896, 1,562 people Marlette: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marlette #17,896, 1,562 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marlette is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,562 people named Marlette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

#17,896
rank among US surnames
1,562
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+43.4%
change since 2000 (was #22,143)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,888Bergren1,563197,534
#17,896Petras1,562197,660

Who is named Marlette

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

72% of people named Marlette identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 72%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
  • Two or more races 3.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marlette

Marlette has the Soundex code M643, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M643.

Questions

How common is the surname Marlette?
1,562 people in the United States had the surname Marlette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. It ranked 17,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marlette?
In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Marlette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Marlette getting more or less common?
More common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,562 in 2010, up 43%.