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    The surname Marquina

    A Basque surname, carried by 1,820 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M625

    Marquina: #15,959 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Marquina #15,959, 1,820 people Marquina: #15,959 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marquina #15,959, 1,820 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marquina is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    Basque origin

    From Spanish, from Basque Markina.

    One of 20 Basque surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,820 people named Marquina in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,640 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,122.

    #15,959
    rank among US surnames
    1,820
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +62.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,651)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,955Brightman1,821169,547
    #15,959Burchette1,820169,640
    #15,964Cuccia1,819169,734

    Who is named Marquina

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

    94% of people named Marquina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Marquina

    Marquina has the Soundex code M625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M625.

    Other Basque surnames

    All 20 Basque surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Marquina come from?
    From Spanish, from Basque Markina.
    How common is the surname Marquina?
    1,820 people in the United States had the surname Marquina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,640 Americans. It ranked 15,959th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marquina?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Marquina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Marquina getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,820 in 2010, up 62%.