How common is the surname Marr?

10,724 people in the United States had the surname Marr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,790 Americans. It ranked 3,341st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Marr?

Carl von Marr, American artist (1858-1936), followed by Melissa Marr.

Where is the surname Marr most common?

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

Is the surname Marr getting more or less common?

More common. 10,365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,724 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Marr

A Norse surname, carried by 10,724 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marr is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* 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.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,724 people named Marr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,790 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,365.

#3,341

rank among US surnames

10,724

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,177)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,332	Wilde	10,766	28,678
#3,333	Somers	10,762	28,688
#3,334	Delagarza	10,759	28,696
#3,335	Plunkett	10,758	28,699
#3,336	McCloskey	10,756	28,704
#3,337	Mendiola	10,752	28,715
#3,338	Medlin	10,750	28,721

Who is named Marr

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

88% of people named Marr identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marrs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl von Marr
American artist (1858-1936)
Melissa Marr
American writer, born 1972
Jerzy Marr
Actor (1901-1962)

Notable Marrs come mostly from the United States (2) and Poland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marr

Marr has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marr come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Marr?: 10,724 people in the United States had the surname Marr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,790 Americans. It ranked 3,341st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marr?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Marr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Marr?: Carl von Marr, American artist (1858-1936), followed by Melissa Marr.
Where is the surname Marr most common?: Wikidata records people named Marr in the United States and Poland.
Is the surname Marr getting more or less common?: More common. 10,365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,724 in 2010, up 3.5%.