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    The surname Marra

    An Italian surname, carried by 6,065 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

    Marra: #5,719 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Marra #5,719, 6,065 people Marra: #5,719 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marra #5,719, 6,065 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marra is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Marra.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,065 people named Marra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,906 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,526.

    #5,719
    rank among US surnames
    6,065
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,740)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,715Sonnier6,06850,881
    #5,716Thorp6,06750,889
    #5,718Chaparro6,06650,898
    #5,719Pinedo6,06550,906
    #5,721Whetstone6,06450,915

    Who is named Marra

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

    91% of people named Marra identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Marras

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anthony Marra
      American writer (1984-)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Marra

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Marra come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Marra.
    How common is the surname Marra?
    6,065 people in the United States had the surname Marra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,906 Americans. It ranked 5,719th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marra?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Marra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Marra?
    Anthony Marra, American writer (1984-).
    Where is the surname Marra most common?
    Wikidata records people named Marra in the United States.
    Is the surname Marra getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,065 in 2010, up 9.8%.