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The surname Marrero

A surname, carried by 21,109 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M660

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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). Marrero is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,109 people named Marrero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,626 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,783.

#1,706
rank among US surnames
21,109
people in 2010
7.2
per 100,000 Americans
+25.8%
change since 2000 (was #1,974)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,697Gagnon21,20814,558
#1,698Carlton21,20214,562
#1,699Tidwell21,17614,580
#1,700Lovell21,17114,583
#1,701Hoyt21,16914,585
#1,702Spivey21,16114,590
#1,703Jean21,14014,605

Who is named Marrero

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

89% of people named Marrero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • Two or more races 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marrero

Marrero has the Soundex code M660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M660.

Questions

How common is the surname Marrero?
21,109 people in the United States had the surname Marrero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,626 Americans. It ranked 1,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marrero?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Marrero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Marrero getting more or less common?
More common. 16,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,109 in 2010, up 26%.