How common is the surname Marron?

5,129 people in the United States had the surname Marron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,196 Americans. It ranked 6,606th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Marron getting more or less common?

More common. 4,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,129 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Marron

A French surname, carried by 5,129 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marron is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Marron.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,129 people named Marron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,196 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,558.

#6,606

rank among US surnames

5,129

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,811)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,603	Kain	5,132	60,161
#6,604	Persinger	5,131	60,173
#6,605	Rubalcava	5,130	60,184
#6,606	Marron	5,129	60,196
#6,607	O'Hare	5,128	60,208

Who is named Marron

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

49% of people named Marron identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 49%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marron

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marron come from?: Borrowed from French Marron.
How common is the surname Marron?: 5,129 people in the United States had the surname Marron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,196 Americans. It ranked 6,606th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marron?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Marron identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Marron getting more or less common?: More common. 4,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,129 in 2010, up 13%.