# Marr (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,724 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,341 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,790 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (10,365 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar). * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬 /马 (mǎ), see Ma.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Marr 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Marr in the United States and Poland.

## People named Marr

- Carl von Marr, American artist (1858-1936)
- Melissa Marr, American writer
- Jerzy Marr, actor (1901-1962)

## Similar surnames

Maier, Mauro, Marra, Mar, Maria, Marrow, Mauer, Marie, Mara, Murr, Mair, Mähr.

## 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.