How common is the surname Marquette?

2,652 people in the United States had the surname Marquette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. It ranked 11,804th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Marquette?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Marquette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Marquette?

Chris Marquette, American actor, followed by Sean Marquette.

Where is the surname Marquette most common?

Wikidata records people named Marquette in Spain and the United States.

How do you pronounce Marquette?

Marquette is /mɑɹˈkɛt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Marquette getting more or less common?

More common. 2,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,652 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Marquette

A surname, carried by 2,652 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mɑɹˈkɛt/ 2 syllables Soundex M623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marquette is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,652 people named Marquette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,488.

#11,804

rank among US surnames

2,652

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,580)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,797	Borman	2,655	116,288
#11,799	Janda	2,654	116,332
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376
#11,804	McEwan	2,652	116,420
#11,807	Woodburn	2,651	116,464
#11,810	Killough	2,650	116,508

Who is named Marquette

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

92% of people named Marquette identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marquettes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Marquette
American actor, born 1984
Sean Marquette
American actor, born 1988

Notable Marquettes come mostly from Spain (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marquette

Marquette has the Soundex code M623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M623.

Questions

How common is the surname Marquette?: 2,652 people in the United States had the surname Marquette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. It ranked 11,804th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marquette?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Marquette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Marquette?: Chris Marquette, American actor, followed by Sean Marquette.
Where is the surname Marquette most common?: Wikidata records people named Marquette in Spain and the United States.
How do you pronounce Marquette?: Marquette is /mɑɹˈkɛt/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Marquette getting more or less common?: More common. 2,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,652 in 2010, up 6.6%.