# Marsden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/marsden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,718 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,096 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 65,440 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (4,499 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Masden |

## Etymology

From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Marsden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Marsden in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Marsden

- James Marsden, American actor
- Jason Marsden, American actor
- Brian G. Marsden, British astronomer (1937–2010)
- John Marsden, Australian writer (1950–2024)
- Matthew Marsden, actor, martial artist, model, singer
- George Marsden, American historian

## Similar surnames

Marston, Mercado, Marcotte, Markowitz, Marchetti, Mercedes, Merced, Morrissette, Marquette, Morgado, Mercadante, Margiotta.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.