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    The surname Marren

    A surname, carried by 824 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M650

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marren is more common than 82.2% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Marrin, from the Medieval Latin saint name Marinus, Marina, literally "of the sea," from marinus. See Saint Marinus.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 824 people named Marren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 374,691 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 860.

    #28,856
    rank among US surnames
    824
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #26,642)

    Who is named Marren

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

    95% of people named Marren identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Marren

    Marren has the Soundex code M650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M650.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Marren come from?
    Variant of Marrin, from the Medieval Latin saint name Marinus, Marina, literally "of the sea," from marinus. See Saint Marinus.
    How common is the surname Marren?
    824 people in the United States had the surname Marren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 374,691 Americans. It ranked 28,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marren?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Marren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Marren getting more or less common?
    Less common. 860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 824 in 2010, down 4.2%.