How common is the surname Marsden?

4,718 people in the United States had the surname Marsden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,440 Americans. It ranked 7,096th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Marsden?

James Marsden, American actor, followed by Jason Marsden.

Where is the surname Marsden most common?

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

Is the surname Marsden getting more or less common?

More common. 4,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,718 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Marsden

An English place surname, carried by 4,718 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marsden is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Marsden is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,718 people named Marsden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,440 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,499.

#7,096

rank among US surnames

4,718

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,886)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,088	Alfano	4,724	65,357
#7,091	Dai	4,723	65,371
#7,093	Landin	4,722	65,384
#7,096	Creed	4,718	65,440
#7,098	Izzo	4,717	65,454
#7,099	Benn	4,716	65,468
#7,102	McAvoy	4,715	65,482

Who is named Marsden

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

91% of people named Marsden identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marsdens

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Marsden
American actor, born 1973
Jason Marsden
American actor, born 1975
Brian G. Marsden
British astronomer (1937–2010)
John Marsden
Australian writer (1950–2024)
Matthew Marsden
Actor, martial artist, model, singer, born 1973
George Marsden
American historian, born 1939

Notable Marsdens come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Masden

Surnames that sound like Marsden

Marston

Marsden has the Soundex code M623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M623.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marsden come from?: From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).
How common is the surname Marsden?: 4,718 people in the United States had the surname Marsden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,440 Americans. It ranked 7,096th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marsden?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Marsden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Marsden?: James Marsden, American actor, followed by Jason Marsden.
Where is the surname Marsden most common?: Wikidata records people named Marsden in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
What type of surname is Marsden?: Marsden is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Marsden getting more or less common?: More common. 4,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,718 in 2010, up 4.9%.
What are other spellings of Marsden?: Masden.